This edition of NewsRoom_Digest features 8 resourceful links of the day and the politics pulse from Thursday 20th August.
NEWSROOM_MONITOR
Top stories in the current news cycle includes the 2015 Thirty Year Infrastructure Plan released by Government in response to the infrastructure challenges to be faced over the next three decades, Police face a $20 million bill for technology to support the Government’s new child sex offenders register and Meridian Energy says New Zealand might have to to develop another power station by 2019.
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POLITICS PULSE
Media releases issued from Parliament by political parties today included:
Government: Thirty Year Infrastructure Plan Released;Tertiary Education Institution council members reappointed; Broadband rollout supporting regional growth; Commerce appointments announced; Bus Interchange building now complete; Foss welcomes reduction in licence wait times; Stronger air services between NZ and Cambodia; Motorcycle Safety Advisory Council appointments; Solid, sustainable growth as economy adjusts; SPEECH: Gerry Brownlee – New Zealand Council for Infrastructure Development (NZCID) Building Nations Symposium
Greens: National’s 30-year plan 30 years out of date
Labour: Government’s Health and Safety legislation a joke; Education must provide real world skills; Another bridges bribe from Simon Bridges; Cash strapped DHBs struggling to find cuts; Genesis-Solid Energy contract debacle another oversight failure
New Zealand First: Repair Failure Rate So Bad Brownlee Should Go; Minister Fails To Take WINZ Assaults Seriously; Short-sighted Government costing New Zealand lives; NZ First Makes Lone Stand For Small Business
NZ National Party: More surgery assessments and more operations for the Hutt
United Future Party: Dunne Speaks- What does the Labour Party stand for now?
LINKS OF THE DAY
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BROADBAND: High speed broadband and mobile connectivity is supporting regional growth and innovation across New Zealand. For regional updates click here: http://goo.gl/6q8pZX or broadband map here:www.broadbandmap.co.nz\
CONSUMER CONFIDENCE AUGUST 2015: Consumer sentiment has fallen to its lowest since mid-2012 – still not weak but heading in a weaker direction, according to the ANZ-Roy Morgan New Zealand Consumer Confidence report. Read more: http://www.anz.co.nz/resources/d/b/db1eab2e-af44-4c03-9a35-004c8a0e8805/ANZ-ConsumerConfidence-20150820.pdf?MOD=AJPERES
DYSLEXIA LABEL CONSIDERED HARMFUL: A controversial author’s claim that the term dyslexia should be abandoned is disappointing and misleading. That’s the view of SPELD NZ, a not-for-profit organisation that has assisted people with dyslexia and other specific learning disabilities for the last 40 years.Click here for more:http://www.speld.org.nz/downloads/Pilot%20NZJESarticle.pdf
EMISSIONS TRADING SCHEME REPORT: The Environmental Protection Authority has issued the latest annual data reports on the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme on its website. Click here for EPA report:http://www.epa.govt.nz/e-m-t/reports/ets_reports/annual/Pages/default.aspx
EXCESSIVE FORCE BY POLICE OFFICER: An Independent Police Conduct Authority report released today has found that the use of force by an Auckland Police officer as he assisted in the arrest of a man suspected of burglary was excessive and contrary to law. The report summary can be found at : http://www.ipca.govt.nz/Site/media/2015/2015-Aug-20-Excessive-force-during-arrest.aspx
INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN RELEASED: The Thirty Year New Zealand Infrastructure Plan 2015 sets out New Zealand’s response to the infrastructure challenges we to be faced over the next three decades. Go here for more:http://www.infrastructure.govt.nz/plan/2015
INTERNATIONAL VISITOR SURVEY 2015: The International Visitor Survey (IVS) for the year ending June 2015 was released today by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE). Further information on the latest release can be found on the MBIE website: http://www.med.govt.nz/sectors-industries/tourism/tourism-research-data/international-visitor-survey
JOB ADVERTISEMENTS: Employers are becoming more cautious about taking on new staff, though the fall in labour demand seen in recent months has stopped for now, according to the latest ANZ job advertising data. Read more here:http://www.anz.co.nz/resources/0/5/058ec89f-8a5e-4c3e-a7d7-b1472caff3a9/ANZ-JobAds-20150820.pdf?MOD=AJPERES
And that’s our sampling of “news you can use” for Thursday 20th August 2015.
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