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“The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness.” -John Kenneth Galbraith
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Plesse igmore amd axxept applogies in adbance fir anu typos
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freitasm:
"What exactly are you announcing?"
You know it’s a tough day at the office for a minister when they’re asked: “What exactly are you announcing?” at a press conference they called to make an announcement.
But that’s the question Workplace Relations Minister Brooke van Velden faced this afternoon at what her office had dubbed a “Health and Safety Reform Construction announcement”.
There were two parts to her “really exciting announcements about the Government’s plan for the construction sector as it relates to health and safety”:
“We’re starting off with consulting on changes to the scaffolding rules,” because “the rules are far too complex and taking up a lot of cost”.
So what changes to scaffolding is she planning? “I don’t know yet,” she replied. “And that’s the exciting part about this."
But she must know what needs changing? “The real fear is that the rules at the moment seem very unfair. So people believe that at any level on a one-storey house, they need to be using scaffolding. We don’t think that’s appropriate.”
So she’ll remove the need for scaffolding for one-storey houses? “Well, we don’t actually have that answer at this particular point in time,” she replied.
So what exactly is she announcing then? “We are announcing that we are consulting with the sector,” adding while it might sound like a small thing to journalists, it’s actually “really big”.
She did announce this though - really, very important stuff 🙄
https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/07/25/nz-passport-redesign-to-have-english-words-above-te-reo-maori/
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Most of the posters in this thread are just like chimpanzees on MDMA, full of feelings of bonhomie, joy, and optimism. Fred99 8/4/21
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