The problem with this constitutional structure is that it not only empowers those gathered around the revered philosopher king and/or queen, but also every other minority with the political smarts to throw a spanner in the decision-making works.
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards HEALTH Guyon Espiner (RNZ): Govt set aside $216m to pay for heated tobacco product tax cuts Richard Harman (Politik): Former National Cabinet Minister didn’t know what questions to ask (paywalled) RNZ: Health NZ changes: 'Everything's on the table' -
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards ABUSE IN CARE Aaron Smale (Newsroom): Finally heard, seen – and believed 1News: John Campbell asks Nikki Hurst: How safe are NZ kids in state care now? John Weekes (Herald): Abuse in Care Royal Commission of Inquiry: Survivor network says some victims overlooked, risks to
When you look at the rewards our politicians reap, it is patently obvious to whom their service was, and is, rendered.
It increasingly looks like the Government has realised that its own underfunding of HNZ is causing a problem, but it is seeking to create a narrative that it is due to financial mismanagement and “bureaucracy bloat”.
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards ABUSE IN CARE REPORT, CHILD WELFARE Joel MacManus (Spinoff): The shadow of a boot camp hangs over parliament RNZ: Minister can't guarantee abuse won't occur at controversial boot camps RNZ: Christopher Luxon defends boot camps as 'very different'
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards ABUSE IN CARE Derek Cheng (Herald): Why some of the Royal Commission’s recommendations will land in the Government’s lap like a tonne of bricks (paywalled) Ric Stevens (Open Justice Reporting): Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care: What the final report
It’s worth asking how seriously Te Pāti Māori takes corruption issues and the untoward influence of big money in politics.
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards ABUSE IN STATE AND FAITH BASED CARE, ORANGA TAMARIKI Aaron Smale (1News): State care has key role in creating violent gang members – submission Elizabeth Stanley (Newsroom): The least we should expect from final abuse in care report Stephen Winter (The Conversation): Tragedy and hope:
Next time these risible claims surface, instead of throwing up our hands in horror, we should just laugh loudly and ridicule their stupidity.
It would be nice if there was a war and nobody came. But it doesn’t look as if that can happen in the modern world.
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards HEALTH Rowan Quinn (RNZ): Te Whatu Ora unable to confirm which hospital departments are safely staffed Rachel Thomas (Post): Is Health NZ overspending or underfunded? (paywalled) Bridie Witton (Stuff): ‘I have never known morale so low’: Senior doctors, nurses push back on plans to
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards HEALTH Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): The Role of tobacco interests in making government policy Stuff: Watch: Professor ‘flabbergasted’ over Govt cutting excise tax on Heated Tobacco Products Nick Rockel: Tobacco First Dominic O’Sullivan (The Conversation): Ethnicity, equality and Pharmac: how the Treaty really
I am taking this issue seriously. How dare they tamper with the Human Rights Act?
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards For the first time ever, New Zealand has just reduced taxes on tobacco products – in this case a 50 per cent reduction in the health taxes on “heated tobacco products”. The move came in very quietly at the start of the month and is
