Aug 29 2007
The usually sensible David Farrar, is suggesting that lawyers and other high-earning couples should not be entitled to as much paid parental leave as those who earn less than them. Targeted support is one of those idealistic things that look good on paper but are usually far from fair when implemented. How do you target […]
Jul 27 2007
I try to stay away from politics as rule-of-thumb, but I find this interesting: LATEST: Environment Minister David Benson-Pope has resigned from Cabinet after being found to have misled the public. This wasn’t the first time that this minister was caught being ‘economical with the truth’ and looks like he got what was coming to […]
Apr 20 2007
I try to stay out of politics in general for two main reasons – the first is that there is so much material out there to cover, that I wouldn’t be able to do it justice; and the second reason is that it just gets too depressing at times. However when you see idiots like […]