Thursday, 8 July 2021, 12:25 pm
“Labour’s plan for compulsory unionism is
anti-democratic and anti-freedom and it must be scrapped,”
says ACT Leader David Seymour.
“Labour has been told
by its officials that so-called ‘Fair Pay’ Agreements
would wreck the economy and undermine freedom of
association.
“Michael Wood will no doubt ignore this
advice and push ahead with his radical plan in order to help
his union mates. The unions can only recruit New Zealanders
by forcing them to join.
“MBIE asked the Government
to dump FPAs because there’s no problem to solve and
because the plan carries the
‘significant risk of
Thursday, 8 July 2021, 12:59 pm
Labour are pursuing an ideological agenda with their
so-called Fair Pay Agreements. They are ignoring official
advice and putting workplace democracy at risk, National’s
Workplace Relations spokesperson Scott Simpson
says.
“These FPAs - a step towards compulsory
unionism - fly in the face of everything that has evolved in
the workplace for the last 30 years or so. They take away
the rights of individuals to negotiate terms, conditions,
and rates with their employer and instead the unions will be
the winners with a guaranteed surge in membership
dues.
“It has become a worrying trend for Labour to
Thursday, 8 July 2021, 12:19 pm
Mayor Phil Goff has welcomed the government’s
announcement of more than $275 million of expenditure to
upgrade Auckland’s rail network, saying it will help boost
employment and stimulate economic recovery from the COVID-19
crisis, as well as critically strengthening the city’s
rail service.
“Auckland’s rail network is
essential to the efficient functioning of our public
transport and freight systems and this new government
funding is necessary to support it,” he
says.
“With the City Rail Link New Zealand’s
biggest transport infrastructure project due to open at
the end of 2024, Auckland’s rail capacity and passenger
Thursday, 8 July 2021, 4:05 pm
All information can be attributed to Dr Nick Baker,
Chief Medical Officer, Nelson Marlborough
Health
Nelson Marlborough, like other regions in
New Zealand, is experiencing an increase in respiratory
illness amongst pre-school aged children and
infants.
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is one of
the causes of illness that has been identified. Like
rhinovirus that causes colds, RSV is a common virus that
affects all age groups but is especially severe for infants
less than one year old, for older people and people who are
immunocompromised. It is very infectious and can easily pass
from person to person through coughing and sneezing. For
Thursday, 8 July 2021, 3:32 pm
The New Zealand College of
Public Health Medicine welcomes today’s announcement
that the addition of the B vitamin, folic acid, to
non-organic bread-making wheat flour has been approved. This
is an important opportunity to address a preventable health
risk”, says Dr Miller.
In New Zealand, diets usually
contain low levels of folic acid. Supplementation of folic
acid intake during the early stages of pregnancy is
important to reduce the risks of neural tube defects in the
developing baby. These neural tube defects can lead to
miscarriages, stillbirths or to serious birth defects, such
as spina bifida and anencephaly.