Universities struggle to understand why the government doesn’t love them.
Since COVID, universities have lost billions of dollars and shed over 17,000 staff. The government excluded them from Jobseeker, which threatened their viability for teaching and research.
Universities train everyone from primary teachers to corporate bankers. Until recently, universities were the country’s third largest exporter. Their research underpins economic innovation and COVID recovery.
So why has the government been letting them suffer?
It may be as simple, journalist George Megalogenis argued in the most recent Quarterly Essay, as a harsh dating maxim. The government is just not that into them.
New Zealand to spend $4230 a day keeping Christchurch gunman locked up
Keeping the Christchurch mosque attacker in prison will cost New Zealand taxpayers A$6.1 million over the next four years.
In the Budget released on Thursday, cash was allocated to Corrections for the management of people of extreme risk .
The unit has only one inmate under its direct management â the man who murdered 51 people at two mosques on March 15, 2019. It was set up on July 1, 2019 and funding secured until June 2021.
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Masjid An Nur was one of two Christchurch mosques targeted during a terrorist attack.(John Kirk-Anderson / Stuff)
Budget documents show the money will ensure the unit and its associated support and leadership functions continue to effectively care for, and manage people of extreme risk.
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Christchurch mosque shooter seeks review of jail conditions, terrorist status
The man responsible for the Christchurch mosque attacks wants to challenge his strict jail conditions and terrorist status.
Australian white supremacist Brenton Tarrant wants the court to review decisions made by the Department of Corrections about his prison conditions, and his designation as a terrorist entity under New Zealand s Terrorism Suppression Act.
The judicial review will be heard at the High Court in Auckland tomorrow. He will be representing himself.
The Christchurch mosque gunman listens to victim impact statements during his sentencing hearing at Christchurch High Court.(Getty)
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A cache of leaked emails showed how the Australian said he spoke for the PM
Greensill sold civil servants loans, before going on to employ Mr Cameron
In 2012 he sent proposed loan plans for NHS pharmacies to senior officials
He was so confident he told them: We are not seeking your approval
The latest disclosures will add to the pressure on Mr Cameron who brought Mr Greensill into No 10 as an unpaid adviser on supply chain finance