Posts by Hilary Stace
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I guess People First have their sources, but I don't know specifically. Several of their members used to live there.
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Thanks for this insider perspective. I hope those reviewing this policy listen.
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Access: Some aspects of New Zealand's…, in reply to Joe Wylie,
My information comes from People First who are not happy about the use of this site.
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Access: Some aspects of New Zealand's…, in reply to Rosemary McDonald,
That Kimberley site has too many ghosts. As well as unmarked graves.
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One reason for optimism. When Andrew Little was Opposition spokesperson for ACC he started asking some pertinent questions about the discrepancies between ACC and MoH funding. He came to it from the first principles of the Woodhouse report and the employment aspects - that disability is an economic survival/employment issue, and was obviously surprised at the funding differences. A few of us were going to visit him to talk more about the issues and then the portfolios changed so it didn't happen. But I think he would be open to some lobbying now.
It is also sad that we didn't take the chance to do a fully funded service through levies like the Australian National Disability Insurance Scheme when we had it last year. The government decided last year that ACC was collecting too much in levies so they would lower them - if we had kept that level up we could have extended ACC provisions to everyone. Unfortunately, it will be much harder to impose a new levy to do that again.
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Thanks for this update Rosemary.
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Dirty Politics is not going away any time soon.
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Hard News: Friday Music: Wireless Summer, in reply to Ian Dalziel,
The Maranui café at Lyall Bay does those milkshakes. Very popular.
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his fountain pen
does anyone still use one?
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The pohutukawa flowering all over Wellington has shown how big and magnificent some of these trees are.