Auckland City Council - City Scene

A 'Forum on Employment' to be held this Wednesday, October 20, is welcomed by the Local Employment Co-ordinator Sandi Morrison who will chair the forum.

She hopes there will be a good attendance as there are too few opportunities to consider the future of work in Auckland. "We need a whole cross section of people to think closely about building new solutions - central and local government, employers and community agencies."

A panel discussion will include representatives of political parties, employer and business groups and there will be time set aside for comment and questions.

The venue for the forum is the Pioneer Women's Ellen Melville Hall on the corner of Freyberg Place and High Street, from 3.45pm - 6.00pm. Admission is free.

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Gordon Campbell: On the Sony cyber attack

Given the layers of meta-irony involved, the saga of the Sony cyber attack seemed at the outset more like a snarky European art film than a popcorn entry at the multiplex.

Yet now with (a) President Barack Obama weighing in on the side of artistic freedom and calling for the US to make a ‘proportionate response’quickly followed by (b) North Korea’s entire Internet service going down, and with both these events being followed by (c) Sony deciding to backtrack and release The Interview film that had made it a target for the dastardly North Koreans in the first place, then ay caramba…the whole world will now be watching how this affair pans out. More>>