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Latest news on international transportation Standards
• High-tech vehicles – new ISO safety Standard: As vehicles become more complex, with new features like driver assistance systems or electronic-based functions, it is important to identify potential risks of software and hardware failures, where the consequences of these failures could be fatal. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has published a new Standard to ensure the functional safety of electrical and electronic systems in road vehicles, Road vehicles – Functional safety, ISO 26262 Parts 1 – 9:2011. Read more.
o To order hard copy parts of ISO 26262 visit www.standards.co.nz, click 'ISO' under the 'Catalogue' section, and enter keyword '26262'.
o You can order PDFs of ISO Standards by calling 0800 782 632 during business hours or emailing enquiries@standards.co.nz.
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• Road vehicles run on ISO Standards – new ISO brochure: A new ISO & road vehicles brochure provides a concise overview of ISO's portfolio of Standards that share state-of-the-art technology and good practice with the automotive sector worldwide. ISO Standards cover all aspects of road vehicles: safety, ergonomics, performance, test methods, the environment, and the roll-out of innovative technologies. Read more and download the brochure.

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BUDGET 2012:
Parliament Debate Live - Video Of Budget 2011
Keith Ng Interactive Graphic: How the Budget Breaks Down
BUDGET 2012 - FULL COVERAGE: Reports / Analysis - Press Kit - Reaction (from everybody) - Previews (from everybody) - Pre-Budget Announcements

Gordon Campbell: On the Budget’s Spreadsheet Victories

It wasn’t as if expectations were sky high, exactly. Chances are, it was always more likely that we’d be seeing Bigfoot rampage through the Beehive lock-up than catch a glimpse of a credible growth agenda from this government. More >>

Sludge Budget Report - Short The Dollar! MEMO: To international bankers FROM: C.D. Sludge Please short the dollar! It'll be good for both you and us. And you know you want to. Greexit, Eurogeddon... watch out... flight to quality and all that. Follow your instincts. The NZ Debt Management Office has been so surprised at the unprecedentedly low interest rates that it can borrow at that it has already entirely pre-funded the 2013 fiscal deficit - all $8 billion of it! More >>

Pattrick Smellie Comment: Doddling along the best we can hope forCriticising Budgets for lacking vision or imagination is like shooting fish in a barrel, but even so, this year's Budget again feels like a missed opportunity. Perhaps it's the intrusion of real world needs that means the government couldn't make better political use of the $558.8 million it expects to gather in its first partial asset sale. More >>