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Written By: Marty G - Date published: 10:23 am, March 9th, 2010 - 44 comments
There are 276,000 jobless Kiwis. The seasonally-adjusted trend on dole numbers is still on the rise. Many other people fall through the gaps and are unable to get public assistance in their time of need.
What better time for the Minister for Social Development to bugger off for five weeks?
Written By: Marty G - Date published: 11:16 am, March 7th, 2010 - 5 comments
During the neoliberal revolution, the 4th Labour Government and the Nats decided to break up the big ministries into lots of little ministries and autonomous agencies. The idea was that the ministries were like big lumbering dinosaurs that suffered inefficiencies of scale. Smaller bodies would be more nimble, better able to adapt and change, and …
Written By: Marty G - Date published: 10:31 am, February 5th, 2010 - 47 comments
Nearly a year ago, John Key, shaken by the first whispers of disquiet over his government’s month-long holiday at the height of an economic crisis (whispers that would later grow into cries of ‘Do Nothing’ Key), decided to hold the Prime Minister’s Jobs Summit.
This would not be a talk-fest, it would be a ‘do-fest’ (whatever …
Written By: Zetetic - Date published: 11:26 am, February 4th, 2010 - 11 comments
Saw this in the new culture/humour page in the Dom:
Glad to see the “do-nothing PM” as Rodney Hide called John Key doing plenty of late. Take the past fortnight for example; there’s been the barbecue and beer with Prince William, photo ops with punters at the Wellington races, and a ribbon-cutting ceremony and practice swing …
Written By: Marty G - Date published: 9:24 am, February 4th, 2010 - 11 comments
Telecom is threatening to throw up to 1,500 workers out of their jobs so it can increase profits by offshoring.
A good government in this situation is talks to the company, uses the bully pulpit. Telecom should be reminded that it is hoping to make a bomb off the government’s broadband fund. They should be reminded that the one competitive …
Written By: IrishBill - Date published: 11:21 am, November 19th, 2009 - 17 comments
Classic, I was just saying yesterday that Key is probably concerned about focus testing turning up ‘do-nothing’, ‘weak’ and ‘visionless’ memes and today he’s got a little puff piece in the Dominion Post that purports to lay out his “vision”.
Of course like every other missive from the great leader this one says exactly nothing. In …
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