This edition of NewsRoom_Digest features 4 resourceful links of the day and the politics pulse from Monday 24th August.
NEWSROOM_MONITOR
Top stories in the current news cycle include fresh controversies at Mt Eden prison this time involving Serco staff, the commencement of a trial expected to last three weeks where a man is facing a charge of manslaughter after the workplace death of a forestry worker in 2013 and the Government has announced it will change the law to allow councils to decide whether retailers can open on Easter Sunday.
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POLITICS PULSE
Media releases issued from Parliament by political parties today included:
Government: Increased focus on rural depression; HomeStart off to successful start; 10 year passports will be delivered early; Women who’ve got a trade have got it made; Graduate nurses finding jobs sooner; Easter Sunday shop trading law to change; Bright-line test targets gains on property sales
Greens: National MP caught misleading on TPPA; SERCO must be put on final warning; Pig-farm fire shows why it’s time for farrowing crates to go
Labour: Rules reduction – or rorting the rules; Burdett case must be reopened; website adds to long list of big spends at MBIE; Chickens come home to roost on climate change; Reserve Bank points finger at Govt inaction
New Zealand First:Woodhouse’s Massive Bungle Sees Animal Feed Classed High Hazard; Tainui’s Absurd Claim For Auckland; On-Air Expletive A Sad Fact-Free Response; Why are doctors begging for money in bowel cancer fight?
LINKS OF THE DAY
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HOME LOAN AFFORDABILITY REPORT: A big jump in the lower quartile selling price of homes in south Auckland over the last two months more than wiped out the benefits of falling mortgage interest rates for first home buyer households, according to the interest.co.nz Home Loan Affordability Report for July. Click here for the report:http://www.interest.co.nz/property/home-loan-affordability
MBIE WEBSITE: The spending habits at the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment are again under fire after it was revealed that the department has blown $559,872 on its new website. For more information on the costs related to the website, click here: http://www.mbie.govt.nz/about/whats-happening/news/2015/welcome-to-the-new-mbie-website
RURAL DEPRESSION: Rural training for rural health professionals and community leaders to tackle depression in rural communities is going to increase. Written stories and videos from rural men and women who have been affected by depression can now be found at: http://www.depression.org.nz/rural
WESTPAC’S WEEKLY COMMENTARY: A sharp bounce in the latest GlobalDairyTrade auction offered a ray of hope for New Zealand’s dairy sector, but it is too early to draw any conclusions for this season’s milk price payout. Click here for more: http://www.westpac.co.nz/assets/Business/Economic-Updates/2015/Bulletins-2015/Outlook-for-Auckland-residential-construction-August-2015.pdf
And that’s our sampling of “news you can use” for Monday 24th August 2015.
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