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2025 Taskforce: 35 Recommendations To Bridge Income Gap With La-La Land

The 2025 Taskforce has made a total of 35 recommendations to the Government which it says would bridge the income gap with Australia by 2025 – an income gap currently sitting at around $64,000 a year for a family of four.

As well as the recommendations to sharpen regulations and reduce government spending and tax, the Taskforce has made recommendations on everything from early childhood education to mining. More>>

 

Hospitals: Serious And Sentinel Health Events Report Released

Waikato DHB welcomes today's publication of New Zealand's serious and sentinel health events. Health Waikato chief operating officer Jan Adams said the organisation actively encouraged reporting of any adverse event or any event that had the potential to cause harm. More>>

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Gordon Campbell: Margaret Bazley’s Attacks On Legal Aid

The ‘gone by lunchtime’ response to legal aid that the Key government has chosen to adopt in the wake of Margaret Bazley report needs to be stopped – and not only because Bazley has been willing to make sweeping condemnations of the lawyers involved, while being so short on actual evidence. More>>

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Industrial Relations: Justice Workers Resume Strike Action

Justice Ministry staff, who collect fines and work at courts and tribunals throughout the country, are resuming their industrial action and will strike from 8.55am this morning. More>>

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Harawira: Still No Full And Final Settlement

... This process was presented to a hui held at Pehiaweri Marae in Whangarei on Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 November. Te Tai Tokerau has agreed to that process and more discussions will be held this week to bring about a resolution which is fair, just, appropriate and final. More>>

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Phil Goff And The Race CardGordon Campbell: Phil Goff & The Race Card

Playing the race card is one of those claims that is meant to shut down any further debate, and Phil Goff knew the risk that he was running – since he referred to the likely criticism on that front quite explicitly in his speech to Grey Power in Palmerston North… More>>

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Copenhagen: Greens Think People Will Notice John Key Isn't There

News that Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao will attend the climate summit in Copenhagen next month puts further pressure on Prime Minister John Key to do the right thing and also attend, the Green Party said today. More>>

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Criminal Law: Partial Defence Of Provocation Totally Abolished

The partial defence of provocation is to be abolished after the Crimes (Provocation Repeal) Amendment bill was passed last nigth. More>>

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Gordon Campbell: Putting The SAS Back Into Afghanistan

Who has stolen John Key’s brain? The Prime Minister who only a couple of months ago was demanding to see a viable exit strategy before he would put New Zealand combat troops back into Afghanistan, has been replaced by a John Key impersonator for whom the vaguest of goals – combatting global terrorism – now seems like a darn good reason for doing so. More >>

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