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Women not comfortable in their own skin! And not sure that they want to bow down to the dictates of millions of years of evolution and genetics? True women are cancelled also their progeny!?
The Midwifery Council announced in November 2023 that it will be ignoring the 90% negative feedback to their proposed Scope of Practice (MSP) which no longer includes the words “woman” or “baby”.
https://www.speakupforwomen.nz/post/midwifery-scope-of-practice?
Surprise surprise! (not) :
Nearly 200 employers stripped of right to hire migrants over visa scams
RNZ Lucy Xia 6 Feb, 2024 10:41 AM
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/508492/nearly-200-employers-stripped-of-right-to-hire-migrants-over-visa-scams
AND
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/nearly-200-employers-stripped-of-right-to-hire-migrants-over-visa-scams/7UWE2KRMJVAJDJOZ7VRUUXWJGI/
The Public Service Commission is investigating and will report back. (Report already delayed)
Shall we take bets on whether or not MoBIE will be slapped over the wrist with a wet bus ticket. And on a PTOM bus – another of Steven Choices brain farts (of which there were many) along with his Ministry for Everything.
A shame Labour Ministers were utterly captured by “officials” from this bugger’s muddle of an institution.
You’re out of date OWT. Full of hope that wrongs will be righted, and an improper trust that the matter will be properly and fairly dealt with and run – ie the workers immigration and tertiary education carrot, and by the way ‘they’ don’t have bus tickets any more. You have to pay a month’s wages up front to get the right to travel on a bus in Awkward, e&oe. Come on give us a buss, and trip on our merry way, and keep trying.
Good news from Kihipini (Gisbo). For the first time in my 17 years here I can get cricket commentary on my transistor. Same commentators as then, same silliness at the end of the day by these dear 80s players. If they went over to talking about the 80s solely I’d be all for it.
Democracy thoughts that are deep and wide and even pithy and some one has to be the clown. https://www.civiced.org/quotations-about-democracy
This –
“Knowledge—Zzzzzp! Money—Zzzzzp!—Power! That’s the cycle democracy is built on!”
—Tennessee Williams
Interesting, how so intensive Trotter has been for the people since we had to put him aside.
He is still excellent for the people, except …