Mike King demands action from Andrew Little over MoH deputy CEO s funding comments Newshub 11 hrs ago
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Mental health advocate Mike King is calling on Health Minister Andrew Little to take action over comments from the Ministry of Heath s deputy CEO Robyn Shearer. © Image - Newshub, The AM Show; Video - The AM Show Related video: Mike King spoke to The AM Show about Robyn Shearer s comments.
But King has called the claim a blatant lie , designed to perpetuate a false narrative that he s dumb . He told Newshub he actually hadn t applied in the first place. The fact is, I have never applied for funding for Gumboot Friday - we have never put in an application and if you haven t put in an application, it can t be late.
When Is The Lying Going To Stop Minister? Mike King Demands Action From Minister Of Health Andrew Little
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Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and New Zealand
16 July 2021
India: Punjab public sector workers strike for better pay
Workers from several Punjab state government departments stopped work for two days on July 8 in protest over the Sixth Pay Commission’s recommendations. The action followed demonstrations by public sector workers and doctors on June 23 and a week-long strike by the Punjab State Ministerial Services Union on June 22 over the commission’s recommendations.
Mass Media Employees and Officers Association members from the Health Department’s mass media wing stopped work and demonstrated on July 8. The association complained that their demand that workers in jobs with the same educational qualification be paid the same as workers in the Public Relations Department had been ignored.
In the 1991 Budget, the National government of Prime Minister Jim Bolger confirmed its intention to restruc ture New Zealandâs public health system by basing it on competitive market principles. Formally commencing on 1 July 1993, this restructur ing was designed by then Minister of Health Simon Upton aided and abetted by external business consultants.
When addressing a meeting of Association of Salaried Medical Specialistsâ representatives at that time, one Dr Don Matheson wittingly renamed the minister âSimon Optionâ. In the 2000s Dr Matheson became a deputy director-general of health playing an important role in the implementation of district health boards. Today, now Professor Matheson, heâs back in the Ministry of Health witnessing their demise.