I don't remember if it got through or not, but she wanted to take away employment rights from people earning over 180k. And people who voted for Act were not at all happy about the leopards eating their faces. It would pay the remind them that Act isn't a party for any worker even the high paid one.
We've all seen the policies he promotes, and his lack of understanding or even the tools to take in and assess new information. Today's parents want better than the education that gave us Andrew Hoggard.
I was working at Police when White Island happened and the number of journalists insisting the 911 calls from people on the Island should be released to them truly shocked me. Horrifying ghouls.
The way its defined in the Act is pretty vague and slippery, so i think the guidence sets 'active consideration' to give it some structure. But it doesn't mean that everything being considered is confidential. There's more to it. It's worth pushing back on.
That ground gets stretched, though, and if the decision has been made the bar gets much higher. It's also time bound, so worth pushing on.
The Ombudsman's guidance on 9(2)(f)(iv) refers to 'active consideration' as a reason for this ground. It's a more useful phrase than 'confidential advice' so it gets used. The letter quotes the Act and Brown is using the more colloquial term, but they are the same thing.
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Definitely more, I think. The Act defers to all other legislation.
They can't really do that with policy and advice because they're asking the department to consider and provide a view. But with speeches and replying letters, they are commissioning just the words. That's the place where 'use more AI' will be found. If it's anywhere.
Theoretically, yes. They are captured and can be retrieved. Ive answered a couple of prompt questions, but they have to be really narrow or the amount of info to sift through is just too much. What I think is more interesting is whether Mins are pushing for more AI in the work they commission.
It would certainly be worth asking agencies if they have received any communications from Ministers on the use of AI in speeches and correspondence (areas where the Min's office sets the rules).
"Oh, it sucks, huh. Not helping at all? Making you feel less like taking care of yourself? Weird."
Yeah, but its been pretty specific. My thin Mum and brother both developed a heart problem (a bit genetic) and my fat ass doesn't. There's been some thinking about what it means to be healthy. And what it actually feels like to have people comment on you because they're 'concerned for your health'.
Ive always wondered if insurance pays out to damage to a car that's parked illegally. I dont drive, so ive never had to find out. But it's crossed my mind when my cousins wheelchair has carved a chunk out of someone's car that's not left enough footpath space for it.
I saw that headline and like an idiot thought the mayor was going to announce he was going to fix this issue and then tackle the long standing neglect of infrastructure so it wouldnt recur. Obviously his solution is 'let's tell people its fine and see if they believe it'
Yes.
In fairness, it does use a lot of terms and concepts she won't be familiar with, so it would take her a lot longer than it would for anyone else.
How do I explain to my parents that even though I do have a table that seats 8, it's in a spare bedroom and has a lot of carefully placed thibgs on it and I will not hosting Christmas.
And i feel like that's not the sort of thing you just say to someone you've known for less than 10 minutes, unless you live in a bubble where you think everybody feels that way.
A long time ago I was making small talk with a then Nat Minister (who is not in Parliament anymore) who said, apropos of nothing, that seeing homeless people made her so mad she wished she was allowed to punch them.
Gang numbers are up, though, is the bit missing from this. So, we do need to maybe figure out what he means by 'success'.
5. Privitise the prisons.
6. Use prison labour to keep wages down and increase poverty thus creating more prison labour.
7. PROFIT.
I could see this working for a polycule of rollerskate enthusiasts.
I go to these events specifically to remonstrate these groups. I'm 50, I'd like to be having a nice fun time, but the policies these orgs promote did for a lot of the people I'd be doing that with. So, in their memory, I will go and ask Young Nats how very dare they show up.
Yeah. The Egmont A&P group was started in the late 1800s. So they've had a few good opportunities to change the name to reflect the place they are located. And yet.
Its the dog shit for me. Same amount of rancid, but not trying to hide it behind an ill fitting suit and veneers.
I think about lot about Alex Issigonis, who designed the Mini, resisted addressing safety saying that his cars were so good that if people got into a crash it was their own fault and he didnt design cars to have accidents. I think that's where we are with AI.
...this does need to be taken seriously. In as much as mental illness is taken seriously, we need to include this.
Its pyschosis. I say this as a person with pyschosis (I got mine the old fashioned way, well before AI). It's very tempting to dunk on these people, because it looks ridiculous (and the AI boosters would like us to think of them as losers and weirdos so we don't blame the AI), but I think
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