The Daily Blog Open Mic – Thursday 5th April 2018
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
Author: The Daily Blog
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E tū welcomes new Living Wage of $20.55
E tū union welcomes today’s announcement of the new Living Wage rate and says there is still more work to…
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Children’s sector unites to support a reduction in Child Poverty – CPAG
Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) says that the Government’s Child Poverty Reduction Bill and changes to the Vulnerable Children’s Act…
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$20.55 – the 2018 New Zealand Living Wage rate
The 2018 New Zealand Living Wage rate is $20.55 an hour – 35 cents more than the 2017 rate and…
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Health workforce matters too – not just physical assets that need urgent attention – ASMS
“The Health Minister’s annual ‘letter of expectations’ to the country’s district health boards needs to spell out the importance of…
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GUEST BLOG: Hone Harawira – People might die in Waikato Hospital but racism is alive and well
I am bloody disgusted to hear that a Māori woman, a whanau member who is an integral part of the health and wellbeing of a patient at Waikato Hospital had been treated so badly. Every person who is in deep pain and suffering has the right to have somebody at their side in the hours leading up to critical surgery. And every Māori has a right under the Treaty of Waitangi, and the policies of the Ministry of Health to provide care for their whanau, particularly in times of stress.
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MUST READ: Yes it could happen here. Facebook, Cambridge Analytica & the poisoning of electoral democracy
Under MMP our small voting public effectively constitutes a single manipulable seat. The psychographic dispositions of swing voters could be identified , targeted and manipulated without difficulty. Certain offshore and resident billionaires could easily meet campaign research expenses and hide their contributions behind blind trusts. In place of Cambridge Analytica would be another similar organisation with a friendlier sounding name. Election campaigns centred around the issues of tax, national sovereignty and/or oil, gas and coal exploration would certainly draw the attention of the one-percenters .
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Bill wipes historic homosexual convictions – Andrew Little
The third reading of a Bill to wipe historic homosexual offences from criminal records marks the end of an historic…
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Taxing sugary drinks a no-brainer for New Zealand – University of Otago
On 1 April 2018, the United Kingdom introduced a sugary drinks tax, an important public health measure that University of…
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Solitary confinement in Australian youth prison – People Against Prisons Aotearoa
Solitary confinement in Australian youth prison mirrors problems at home NZ-based prisoner advocacy group People Against Prisons Aotearoa is outraged…