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Gordon Campbell: On The Aussie Election Finale
The only spectre haunting Anthony Albanese's government going into Election Day tomorrow will be the way the polls got wrong the likely 2019 election outcome. Back then, the Scott Morrison government got re-elected in an upset result. Opposition leader Peter Dutton is clinging to that precedent, in hope of a miracle. This time, all of the prevailing signs – including the consistent theme of the polls for the past month – indicate that Albanese's Labor government will trounce Dutton's conservative coalition. What's different from 2019? Albanese, like Morrison before him, is a known quantity.
UnionAID: Fiji Union Leader Visiting NZ Highlighting Struggle Of Garment Workers
At the event in Wellington, Jotika will join Living Wage Aotearoa New Zealand Executive Director, Gina Lockyer, to explore the struggles and resilience of Fiji's garment workers and their collective fight for better pay and conditions.
Hokotehi Moriori Trust: Historic Translocation Of Hakoakoa Marks New Chapter In Moriori Conservation Leadership
In a significant milestone for indigenous-led conservation, Hokotehi Moriori Trust has successfully carried out the first imi (Moriori tribal group) translocation of hakoakoa (muttonbird), relocating 50 juvenile birds from Mangere Island to a newly prepared site in Kaingaroa.
Department Of Internal Affairs: Government Chief Digital Officer Issues Standard To Protect Government-Held Personal Information
The new standard requires public service agencies to conduct a risk assessment whenever personal information is to be shared and includes robust safeguards to protect individual privacy and directs agencies to apply best practices when granting access to personal information.
Te Pāti Māori: Keep The Window Open- UCOL Must Stay
'Matapihi ki te Ao is more than a name, it's a promise. A window to the world for our rangatahi and whānau,' says Te Pāti Māori co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer. 'We won't sit back while this Government shuts the door on Māori futures. Our commitment is clear—we would invest more in regional tertiary education, not less.'
Unions Otago: May Day Workers' Hui
Unless your workplace is already utopia – and we haven't come across one yet – there is a good reason for all union members to come to this hui. Whatever your union and whatever matters most to you and your workmates, please join us at the union meeting this May Day so that we can keep building our relationships and strength as a movement for workers' rights.
People Against Prisons Aotearoa: Voting Ban 'Undermines Democratic Principles' Says Justice Group
The right to vote is the basis of democratic government. Legitimate governments cannot arbitrarily remove people from the pool that elects them. If the Government strips New Zealanders of the right to vote, it is attacking the democratic principles it claims to be founded on.
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