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Paid parental leave is only like $500 smackers a week tho, most fathers or soon to be fathers I know would rather the missus take the time off anyway otherwise the home finances go to poo poo
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Nov 14, 2017 20:49
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Yeah, Labour’s position is to pass the bill already passed by the house last term to up it to 18 ASAP. Then as they look to increase it going forward. Increase the rate and allow partners to take some. They are doing a loving terrible job of getting that information out though and allowing National to control the narrative. Of course National could have not vetoed last term and could have put in the partner clause when it went through select committee. All of this is missing from the stories about this.
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Nov 15, 2017 00:11
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In systems where the total allocation is shared however the family wants (like in the UK), only 2% of men take any of the leave. So National are actually just concern trolling. The point is that unless there are separate entitlements that are lost if not used then men won't use any. $550/week is a bit of a step down from the median income but not too much. But yeah for upper middle class families it'd throw out the budget probably yeah.
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Nov 15, 2017 01:00
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Giving some of the leave to the other parent is a good idea. But using urgency to pass the bill that had already gone through the select committee process solves the more pressing issue. Hopefully they will address it as they extend it further out to 22 weeks. It will also assist with their other goal of reducing the gender wage gap. As countries which do have leave for both parents have seen this reduced. It also leads to fathers more involved in day to day care of the kids.
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Nov 15, 2017 03:37
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Heard a snippet on the radio about a proposed inclusion of GST on overseas purchases (From Amazon and the ilk). Glad I already bought my laptop, but urgh.
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Nov 15, 2017 05:18
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I have no idea how they expect that to actually work on small purchases.
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Nov 15, 2017 05:38
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I already pay way too much for video games.
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Nov 15, 2017 05:41
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Neither do they, seems to just be something they want to pursue with higher priority than National was giving it.
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Nov 15, 2017 05:41
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WarpedNaba posted:Heard a snippet on the radio about a proposed inclusion of GST on overseas purchases (From Amazon and the ilk). Glad I already bought my laptop, but urgh. I thought they already do this on stuff over $300? I paid GST on the laptop I imported in like 2010.
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Nov 15, 2017 06:44
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I suppose it's partially related to trade protectionism, but realistically, we're paying way too much for poo poo in the stores.
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Nov 15, 2017 06:50
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bike tory posted:I thought they already do this on stuff over $300? I paid GST on the laptop I imported in like 2010. $400, unless the item also incurs duty in which case its more like $250 or something.
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Nov 15, 2017 06:59
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They need to cut GST.
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Nov 15, 2017 08:15
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Ratios and Tendency posted:They need to cut GST. And introduce at least one new income tax bracket.
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Nov 15, 2017 08:38
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How loud and shrill do you think the "Taxcinda" crows would be if they introduced another income tax? (Absolutely they should lower GST and increase the income tax at the top)
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Nov 15, 2017 10:59
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bike tory posted:Is it just me or has Paddy Gower gotten really lazy? His articles are often only about 100 words, and the writing is very poor. He doesn't seem to understand the difference between a sentence and a paragraph, it's like he just types up and publishes his notes Not to defend Paddy because I do think he's gone to seed, but what you're describing is a side-effect of the multi-platform strategy Mediaworks pushes. Everything has to be on every platform, so when you see those short articles with odd structure from on-air personalities, it's actually the copy they wrote for their 6pm TV news (or radio) piece. Go back and read it again, but do your best Paddy impression and mentally insert cuts to interviews or soundbites between the lines. All the working stiffs below management think this is stupid, but hey, multi-platform! Disruptive! Sharable! Meanwhile, the online team probably has a full article with far more depth that's been up all day before Paddy's 'story' hits the website.
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Nov 15, 2017 12:59
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because exmarx posted:http://www.nzherald.co.nz/politics/news/article.cfm?c_id=280&objectid=11944462 exmarx fucked around with this message at 10:28 on Nov 17, 2017 |
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Nov 15, 2017 23:17
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Also I can't wear a medal from a country that's not part of the commonwealth without permission? How is that a law?!?
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Nov 16, 2017 01:53
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Still pretty embarrassing for the defence minister to not know correct military protocol. Especially since he makes a lot of noise about his past service etc.
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Nov 16, 2017 01:58
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Something which that article only vaguely makes reference to once or twice is that military protocol is protocol for the military rather than for politicians who happen to be ex-servicemen.
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Nov 16, 2017 02:13
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klen dool posted:Also I can't wear a medal from a country that's not part of the commonwealth without permission? How is that a law?!? Probably because once upon a time some counterculture nerd thought it'd be really subversive to wear an iron cross or order of the red star medal during ANZAC day or sommat.
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Nov 16, 2017 02:24
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I wonder if the British let that Spanish dude who double-agent'd the Germans in Operation Fortitude South wear his Iron Cross (especially authorised by Hitler) as well as his GBE from King George.
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Nov 16, 2017 02:35
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If you're in the services, it's part of the standing orders, like the uniform standards. Otherwise, it's just a non binding protocol but very standard afaik.
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Nov 16, 2017 03:01
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I did find some repealed legislation that seemed to make it a criminal act to wear medals that are not yours, but no current legislation.
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Nov 16, 2017 03:11
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I was wondering if the warrant that creates a class of medal dictates the way a wearer has to display it, but according to this page, no, as a civvy you can wear them how you want.
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Nov 16, 2017 06:31
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i just don't care about cosplay and achievement badges
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Nov 16, 2017 08:45
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What?! Holy poo poo, the PM talked about a sports team that isn't the All Blacks? What is happening to this country?
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Nov 16, 2017 10:23
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https://twitter.com/AJemaineClement/status/931070859132809216
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Nov 16, 2017 23:47
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Nov 16, 2017 23:55
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exmarx posted:i just don't care about cosplay and achievement badges why did you link the story in the first place then?
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Nov 17, 2017 01:39
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It's long but y'all should listen to this dude speak he's awesome. http://www.justspeak.org.nz/moana_jackson_talk_november_2017 JustSpeak in general are great and deserve all the support
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Nov 17, 2017 12:51
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Make New Zealand Great Again https://youtu.be/-A7WFKi3qEc?t=9m45s
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Nov 17, 2017 13:45
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bike tory posted:It's long but y'all should listen to this dude speak he's awesome. Tautoko to that. We have a big prison problem on the islands.
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Nov 18, 2017 16:26
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WarpedNaba posted:Heard a snippet on the radio about a proposed inclusion of GST on overseas purchases (From Amazon and the ilk). Glad I already bought my laptop, but urgh. Since October last year NZ GST is also charged on all overseas digital purchases (not just those above a certain value). e.g. Steam games, Netflix, iTunes etc.
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Nov 19, 2017 05:56
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Nition posted:Since October last year NZ GST is also charged on all overseas digital purchases (not just those above a certain value). e.g. Steam games, Netflix, iTunes etc. Businesses need to trade above $60k annual to NZ before they are obliged to register for that though.
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Nov 19, 2017 06:08
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https://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/98928698/dont-give-money-to-beggars-christchurch-social-services-say We really need to get faith based charity groups to gently caress right out of 'helping' homeless people, because they're shite.
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Nov 20, 2017 02:23
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Hitting some hard facts there by revealing that street beggars might not be homeless but could instead be dealing with addiction issues.
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Nov 20, 2017 03:45
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Ghostlight posted:Hitting some hard facts there by revealing that street beggars might not be homeless but could instead be dealing with addiction issues. And how dare anyone become good at, and make a living from, something that they do regularly They should have at least three levels of abstraction from asking for people's money, like normal folks
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Nov 20, 2017 05:54
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 Good marketing, it's a pity nobody who agrees can afford new furniture.
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Nov 20, 2017 06:18
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quote:Several youth under 15 had been counted. They chose to live in the street because their homes were unsafe or because of addiction issues, which was a "sad indictment on our society". Don't give money to people asking for it because they might not be homeless, they might just be poser kids that can't go home because its unsafe or their parents are crack heads. poo poo checks out.
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Chch City Mission CEO Matthew Mark on beggars: "[For] most of them it is their business and they are making a jolly good living out of it." lol he used to be a franchise owner for a mortgage company, then a regional manager for sbs bank, ofc he loving was. Our society is morally bankrupt.
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