Fran O Sullivan: Covid reveals too many empty chairs
7 May, 2021 05:00 PM
5 minutes to read
OPINION: Rob Campbell has fired a serve at company chairs and directors who refused to sign a joint letter to the Government calling for greater transparency on Covid, saying they were protecting their own arses and doing a major disservice to their communities.
Campbell who chairs SkyCity, Tourism Holdings and Summerset was among five listed company chairs who went public in early March calling for more openness and clarity from the Government on its plan for getting New Zealand to Covid normal . There were people who were directors and chairs of companies who didn t have the balls to sign the letter, Campbell told the Institute of Directors 2021 leadership conference on Thursday. That were worried about reaction, about being penalised, about being scapegoated.
Monday, 3 May 2021, 12:16 pm
Reports the Sir Brian Roche group hasn’t provided any
formal advice to the Government in relation to the recent
positive Covid-19 cases at the Grand Millennium rightly begs
the question, what is the point of the group, National’s
Covid-19 Response spokesperson Chris Bishop
says.
“In answers to Written Parliamentary Questions
Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins admitted he
hasn’t received any formal advice in relation to the Grand
Millennium Covid cases, in which it was revealed that a
security guard had not been tested for Covid-19 for six
months.
“Many companies working at the border have
Northland private island discount gives fresh hope for hapū ownership stuff.co.nz - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from stuff.co.nz Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Wednesday, 14 April 2021, 12:17 pm
“The sooner the Government’s COVID tsar Sir Brian
Roche can be brought before a select committee to explain
how he proposes to fix the shambles he’s taken on the
better,” says ACT Leader David Seymour.
“Today’s
Health Select Committee revelations that an MIQ hotel worker
hadn’t been tested for COVID for six months before testing
positive for the virus is evidence of how bad things are
across the COVID response.
“All these issues are in
one way or another relating back to an alarming shortcoming
around information systems.
“We don’t know who’s
Monday, 12 April 2021, 5:10 pm
“It’s unacceptable the Government won’t play
hardball with unions and force those employees unwilling to
get a COVID vaccine to vacate MIQ premises for another 18
days,” says ACT Leader David Seymour.
“Stop
pussyfooting about and take the necessary steps to protect
New Zealanders and the economy from another outbreak of
COVID-19.
“Giving recalcitrant workers until the end
of April to get a jab is simply unacceptable. The risk to
the community of an outbreak is just too
great.
“Today’s post-Cabinet media conference was
a litany of weak leadership around COVID related issues that
cause New Zealanders huge concern.