Ambitious for New Zealand?
Unemployment is continuing to rise. Grant’s post yesterday outlines the numbers and the human cost. We have a Government supposedly ambitious for New Zealand. That includes wanting to close to...
View ArticleWhere’s the plan for jobs?
John Key promised that under a National government we’d catch up to Australia. He has succeeded on one measure. When he took office we had a lower unemployment rate than the Aussies. Under Key we’ve...
View ArticleThe Wage Gap
Before the last election the wage gap with Australia was John Key’s #1 issue. Key even went as far as to say that the ‘fundamental purpose’ of his government would be to narrow the gap. Listening to...
View ArticleTyre Kicker in Chief
Interesting to read Duncan Garner’s take on John Key’s answering on the wage gap between Australia and New Zealand Yesterday’s performance in Parliament was too selective and too slippery for him to...
View ArticleDid John Key forget to take advice?
Kiwi families lose another public holiday this weekend as Easter Monday coincides with Anzac Day. This is the second day this year that falls on a weekend and won’t be Mondayised, so Kiwis have been...
View ArticleHigher wages
Talking to a young guy yesterday. Knew him when he was at secondary school about a decade ago. He now lives in Aussie. Not because he wants to but because he feel it is the only way he can get ahead....
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