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Wednesday, 21 December 2011 05:38
Little says he won't desert electorate
Andrew Little may have packed his bags and left the electorate that turned him down but he says he will be back.The New Plymouth Labour candidate, once tipped for a big role in his party's future, has come out of the portfolio scrabble with ACC – an area he says he is interested in and will find a challenge.However, he said he was still committed to serving the people of New Plymouth. "I'll stay pretty…
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Monday, 12 December 2011 12:14
Judith Collins the Minister for ACC
The Hon Judith Collins has been appointed as the new Minister for ACC. Additionally Ms Collins has been appointed as the Minister of Justice (which includes responsibility for the Law Commission) & Minister for Ethnic Affairs. Ms Collins was elected to Parliament representing the Auckland seat of Clevedon in 2002. Following electorate boundary changes she was elected MP for Papakura in 2008. Her previous portfolios included being Minister of Police, Corrections and…
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Wednesday, 07 December 2011 10:44
The future of ACC in Jeopardy
New Zealand is in grave danger of losing both what is best about the ACC scheme and a coveted place as a world leader in accident compensation with the Confidence and Supply Agreement announced this week, two expert watchdogs says.The University of Auckland’s ACC Group and AUT’s Centre for Occupational Health and Safety Research say the need to accommodate ACT MP John Banks within the new Government line-up has provided the opportunity to advance the…
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Tuesday, 06 December 2011 14:37
National/ACT deal adds unnecessary costs to ACC
Yesterday’s confidence and supply agreement announced by the ACT and National parties will just add an unnecessary layer of costs and increase levies in the work account of ACC, according to the ACC Futures Coalition.“The government’s consultation on the privatization of the work account of ACC has been on the basis that ACC would remain in the market”, said Hazel Armstrong, convenor of the ACC Futures Coalition. “But now that the election is over the…
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