The Kākā’s Journal of Record for Tuesday, July 9
‘Please resign’ Chloe Swarbrick tells Darleen Tana in news conference; MBIE indefinitely delays energy poverty report due to ‘change in government and priorities’; ERA rules in Siouxie Wiles’ favour
TL;DR: The top six announcements, speeches, news conferences reports and research around housing, climate and poverty in Aotearoa’s political economy in the day to 6:00 am on Tuesday, July 9 are:
Politics: Full news conference: 'Please resign', Chloe Swarbrick tells Darleen Tana RNZ Video
Paper: Increasing speed limits defies the science - more deaths and pollution expected. PHCC’s Simon Kingham & Angela Curl
Health: The Employment Court ruled in favour of immunoligist and public intellectual Siouxie Wiles in her dispute with Auckland University over whether it protected her from online abuse and harassment. The court ruled the University would have to pay her $20,000 in damages, but reserved its decisions on costs.
Politics: The Health Select Committee called for public submissions for an inquiry into the aged care sector's current and future ability to support people with neurological cognitive disorders.
Poverty: MBIE disclosed the indefinite delay of its annual report on energy hardship for the year ended June 2023, saying: “due to the change in Government and ongoing work programme realignment at MBIE, this report will not be published in June 2024 as originally planned.published.” It did not say if it would ever be published.
Launched: Tainui Group Holdings announced the formation of its new subsidiary Ruakura Energy, which will own and operate an elecitricity distribution network serving the Ruakura Superhub.
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