Archives for November 2018

November 28, 2018 by Jan Rivers

Revealing the Royal Commission on Social Policy

The Royal Commission on Social Policy (1986-88) was an initiative of the Fourth Labour government. The Royal Commission was in some ways an attempt to counter the measures the Government were taking to cut and privatise public services, remove worker protection and subsidies, and to demonstrate that there was good social policy and humane economic […]

November 13, 2018 by Jan Rivers

Invitation to Education and Political Literacy in New Zealand: Civics and Citizenship Summit

This one day conference is presented by the New Zealand Political Studies Association (NZPSA) / Te Kāhui Tātai Tōrangapū o Aotearoa Civics and Citizenship Working Group, to discuss Civics and Citizenship. It is being held the same week as the NZPSA annual conference. Canterbury University’s Bronwyn Hayward has extended an invitation to Public Good newsletter […]

November 13, 2018 by Jan Rivers

Submission to the consultation on the State Sector Act legislation.

Introduction My name is Jan Rivers. I am a librarian and information management specialist and I have an interest in the public good – meaning issues pertaining to good quality public services and good quality democracy. I live in Wellington. I attended the Institution of Public Administration of NZ (IPANZ) seminar at which Minister Hipkins […]

So the stories about the public sector use of spies and surveillance has disappeared from @NZStuff. Bigger fish to fry. Aggressive vets, lime scooters and punches thrown in coffee bars. stuff.co.nz #SillySeason

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Another news coup (NOT) as @NZStuff takes a pre-digested OIA from the Tax Payer's Union and implies that we should be better served by having public servants negotiate foreign treaties while exhausted from jet lag. stuff.co.nz/national…

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If you haven't read it yet and didn't get it for Christmas get @BWB_NZ 's bwb.co.nz/books/gove… Government for the Public Good by @MaxRashbrooke and put it in first place in your 'to read in 2019' bookshelf.

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@ardrigh It seems locked in but the general move to including transwomen in women's sports could stifle women's involvement completely and sports women are not happy at all. If you look up Hannah Mouncy or read about Fallon Fox & others in this - every sport. wnd.com/2017/03/fema…

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In the 2020 Olympics self-id'ed trans women athletes whose testosterone has been artificially lowered for a year are eligible to compete in ALL women's events. This makes a mockery of women's sport. Many, including some thoughtful trans women, think this is not a good idea. twitter.com/FionneOr…

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@NZStuffPolitics NZ media being played by releasing this sensational 6 month old tape on the SAME DAY that we hear that legislators in the last government were, at the very least, incurious about the public sector's multiple spy contracts.

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@matroked @NewshubNZ Conduct unbecoming from @NewshubNZ and Tova O'Brien. It was after all the public servants who let down their Minister and @NZNationalParty who had the inside story to leak.

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@greenjaneNZ @golrizghahraman Having said all that I do think there is room for accommodation, compromise and debate (although too late for NZ's law). I've been meeting with & putting out feelers to people but many are terrified of the blow back.

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@greenjaneNZ @golrizghahraman Of which the undebated & anti-democratic NZ BDRRM Bill is just one example. So I have full empathy (& quite some personal familiarity & understanding) of people with dysphoria. But my political priorities are the rights of lesbians, natal women and they also extend to gay men.

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@greenjaneNZ @golrizghahraman Or the explicit & covert work to replace sex with gender & give preference to trans over gay people in international & national law through the Jogjakarta principles and other related initiatives. tandfonline.com/doi/…

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