Public Service Minister Nicola Willis met with PSA members, with job cuts in the public service and attacks on working from home arrangements sitting high on the speaking agenda. NZNO members gathering in Christchurch for the latest round of bargaining with Health NZ, negotiating their collective contract which covers 35,000 NZNO members nationwide. David Seymour’s charter schools bill has passed its final reading in Parliament, and Associate Health Minister Casey Costello continues to face scrutiny with regard to her reversal of Labour’s smoke-free legislation.
Union coverage
- PSA – Nicola Willis front foots public service job losses in meeting as fear looms of further cuts
- PSA – Nicola Willis’ public service balance: Does she need it to like her?
- NZNO – Nurses union starts latest round of negotiations with Health NZ
- NZEI: Cut To Te Reo Programme A Few Days After Te Wiki O Te Reo Māori A Mistake
Employment
- Kāinga Ora set to cut about 330 jobs
- Meridian Energy to cut retail jobs
- Spending more time at the office
Politics
- Charter schools revived as bill passes final reading
- How does public service rescue posse ride in, and where will it sit?
- The lobbyists, the minister, and the mystery document
- Transport giant Mainfreight wants rail on new Interislander ferries
- Reversal of Taranaki oil and gas ban passes first reading
- Te Ao Māori
- Education Minister Erica Stanford reveals $30m cut to te reo Māori funding to boost maths curriculum
- Māori Aerospace Group weren’t consulted on government’s new Space Strategy
Economics
- Inland Revenue raises capital gains tax questions
- Luxon takes crack at ANZ boss Antonia Watson over capital gains tax support
- ‘Not acceptable’ – The Warehouse reports large loss
Opinion
- Why can’t we get the kind of long-term mortgages with low break fees common in the US?
- The tax questions circling Chris Hipkins and Labour
- Here’s what’s at stake in the Labour tax debate
- Slow Government decision-making on ferries starts to make iRex look good
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