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Infographic – jobs in manufacturing vs mining - by frog
One of these industries is shedding thousands of jobs, urging the Government to help, and being ignored. One of these industries is jobs-poor, urging the Government to back it, and being listened to. How about this instead? read moreFebruary 1, 2013 4:26 pm - 15 Comments -
How many jobs will oil and gas bring NZ? - by Kennedy Graham
On Tuesday the Government released the final version of its backwards-looking energy strategy. Of passing note is the removal of any overt reference to lignite coal. Of course bioenergy could be code for it, or ‘alternative transport fuels’ (the Energy Outlook 2010 specifically cites lignite diesel as an alternative transport fuel with potential.) But basically [...] read moreSeptember 1, 2011 12:30 pm - 24 Comments -
Laid-off defence staff need special consideration - by Keith Locke
The Defence Force has put an overly positive spin on the laying off of 308 members of the armed forces whose jobs are being “civilianized”. While recognizing it is “a difficult day for the Defence Force” Lt Gen Rhys Jones claims that those laid off “will welcome the decision” if they have “registered their interest [...] read moreJune 29, 2011 2:57 pm - 3 Comments -
Job creation and welfare policies are failing - by Catherine Delahunty
Most people spend less than a year on a benefit and use that time to rebuild their lives and education. The few who abuse the system pale into insignificance against losses from failed investment companies, tax evaders and corporate fraudsters. read moreMay 7, 2010 12:13 pm - 27 Comments -
Hugging trees: with a spade, trap and chainsaw - by frog
A Wellington couple, entreprenuerial tree-huggers if you wish, criticise Fed Farmer’s head-in-the-sand attitude on climate change in the Nelson Mail today. They’ve invested in carbon farming a 47ha block of marginal land in Golden Bay. Jonathan Kennett and Bronwen Wall aren’t wringing their hands or seeking emissions subsidy handouts; they’re getting their hands dirty planting [...] read moreDecember 2, 2009 1:16 pm - No Comments -
Telecom’s great wealth transfer - by frog
The 2025 Taskforce need to spend less time pondering digging up the Doc estate and more time looking at how Australian workers enjoy better workplace protections than their New Zealand counterparts – especially during the 1990s when Australian workers pulled far in front of their New Zealand counterparts. read moreSeptember 2, 2009 1:41 pm - 32 Comments -
Bradford’s Truth – Whose country is it? NZ for sale – again - by Sue Bradford
My regular New Zealand Truth column this week focuses on changes to overseas investment rules, and their threat to our national sovereignty: Finance Minister Bill English is dead set on making it easier for overseas investors to buy our land and assets, and last week announced a series of changes to rules around foreign investment. [...] read moreJuly 29, 2009 5:42 pm - 53 Comments -
Two Reasons to Vote Green - by frog
Except for the funny accent and that fact that we’re not part of the EU, this could just as easily be a video to support our very own Green New Deal and Green Stimulus Package right here in New Zealand. If I were Irish, I know how I’d be voting this year! read moreJune 3, 2009 10:54 am - 60 Comments -
Banks should be expected to do their bit on jobs - by Sue Bradford
Yesterday I hosted the launch at Parliament of a petition signed by 10,500 New Zealanders calling on the Government to protect jobs in the NZ banking sector. The Green Party, the bank workers’ union Finsec – and the signatories to the petition - believe that in return for the massive support the NZ taxpayer is [...] read moreMay 6, 2009 7:50 am - 45 Comments -
Job Summit & The Green New Deal - by frog
Green Party Co-Leader Russel Norman talks about today’s Jobs Summit, jobs in general and the Green New Deal. read moreFebruary 27, 2009 1:42 pm - 17 Comments -
Back Benches Job Summit special - by frog
Last night, Back Benches broke with convention and invited more than just politicians, adding Charles Finny of the Auckland Chamber of Commerce and Phil O’Rielly from Business NZ to the conversation. Politicos included our very own Sue Bradford and Labour’s Trevor Mallard. The topic on tap was JOBS. The jobs summit, the global recession and [...] read moreFebruary 26, 2009 12:30 pm - 18 Comments -
Obama: the days of building sprawl forever are over - by frog
President Obama summed up the Green party position on transport pretty well during a press conference in Florida yesterday. (at minute 55) I would like for us to invest in mass transit because potentially that’s energy efficient. And I think people are a lot more open now to thinking regionally… The days where we’re just [...] read moreFebruary 12, 2009 10:24 am - 72 Comments -
Irish government unveils insulation scheme - by frog
While our government prevaricates and even cancels our shovel ready Green Homes Insulation fund, the Australians and the Irish have announced ambitious plans of their own. The Irish Times reported today: HOW TO cut heating bills, reduce carbon emissions and create thousands of jobs in the construction sector in the process? The Government, through its [...] read moreFebruary 10, 2009 5:08 pm - 17 Comments -
Stimulus Reality: Spending creates VASTLY more jobs than tax cuts - by frog
That is the title of a very thought provoking post over at OpenLeft. The author, Paul Rosenburg, takes data from Moody’s economy.com and combines it with research from the Center for Economic Policy and Research to create the following chart: It lends credence to Treasury’s call for tax cut’s to be delayed or reduced if [...] read moreFebruary 9, 2009 1:59 pm - 10 Comments -
Recession-proofing our jobs - by frog
Tradestaff recruitment agency has identified the top five recession-proof jobs with high earning potential in New Zealand at the moment. You won’t be surprised to know Member of Parliament is not on the list. Instead you are recommended to become a wallpaper hanger, roading engineer, dairy farm worker/share milker, I.T engineer or plumber. Personally I [...] read moreSeptember 4, 2008 1:47 pm - 5 Comments -
ANZ National bank data heading offshore - by frog
Yesterday responses to the ANZ National announcement to send hundreds of call centre jobs offshore to Bangalore focused tightly on the impact of the workers. And rightly so. It was sick day for New Zealand workers with Fisher and Paykel and Tamahine knitwear making similar announcements. To me the ANZ National announcement is the most [...] read moreApril 18, 2008 10:02 am - 23 Comments -
62,000 jobs or trade with China - by frog
The latest statistics from our Overseas Merchandise Trade show that last year we exported $2.0 billion dollars worth of stuff to China. But we imported $5.6 billion dollars worth of stuff. That’s a total trade deficit of $3.6 billion with China alone (our trade deficit with the rest of the world tells a similar story) [...] read moreMarch 24, 2008 1:19 pm - 28 Comments
