ACC has ditched Māori and Pasifika targets in a new workplace injury prevention proposal after the ACT party intervened and forced a National Party minister to make a U-turn.
ACT had accused the government agency of not complying with a directive that public services be delivered on the basis of need not race.
MP Laura McClure said ACT had negotiated a needs-based approach as a coalition commitment, and expected to “see our coalition commitments delivered”.
ACC Minister Scott Simpson supported ACC’s original tender, citing disproportionate levels of injuries for those ethnic groups, but later asked the agency to “have another look” at it.
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ACT accused the government agency of not complying with a directive that public services be delivered on the basis of need not race.
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