Social Policy: New Unit To Evaluate Performance
November 22nd, 2012
Ministers have long complained large sums allocated to social policy areas disappear into a black hole without ever getting any idea how useful the …
Archive for November, 2012
Crown Accounts For Quarter Put Surplus At Risk
November 8th, 2012
The Crown accounts for the first quarter of 2012-13 showed the deficit standing at $2.1bn, or $449m higher than forecast. Core Crown tax and …
Politics: Pressures On Coalition Unrelenting
November 8th, 2012
Pressures on John Key’s coalition have been unrelenting, and it’s beginning to show, in personal performance, if not in the polls. Key’s own misjudgements, …
Labour Law To Be Amended
November 1st, 2012
Labour Minister Kate Wilkinson copped predictable flak from union bosses, after Cabinet approved her paper to amend Part 6A of the Employment Relations Act. …
Politics: PM Keeps His Equanimity In Face Of Adversity
November 1st, 2012
John Key hasn’t lost his sense of humour, despite an ugly month for the Govt. He quipped to a Queenstown audience “that bloke (Kim …
Duncan Cotterill