Father of the House Nick Smith’s 30 years in Parliament has been anything but dull. Not even his resignation on Monday came without drama, from claims he’d been gaslit by his own leader, to the questionable legality of a secret recording. National Party leader Judith Collins is fighting fires.
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Two aphorisms came to mind when the government announced last week it had launched a tripartite investigation – comprising BusinessNZ, the Council of Trade Unions and the government – to investigate the creation of a European-style unemployment insurance scheme to pay redundant workers around 80% of their income while they retrain and find another good job.
If it seems too good to be true, it probably is
The first question I’m struck by is why two bodies supposed to be at loggerheads would want a build a scheme that seemed so generous. Who is going to pay for this – employers? Workers? The government?