The Treaty Principles Bill is set to have its First Reading in the House today, as the Hīkoi mō Te Tiriti continues. More than 40 KCs have written to the Prime Minister and Attorney-General outlining their "grave concerns" about the substance of the Treaty Principles Bill, while an academic and legal expert is calling the Bill of Rights Act advice on the bill "damming". The PSA is seeking legal advice on newly proposed working from home guidelines, while new data shows that there have been 200,000 ACC claims paid for people injured while working from home since the start of 2019. In economic news, the Commerce Commission has filed charges against One NZ, while in terrifying climate news, the Global Carbon Project has released new data showing there is only six more years before we pass the crucial 1.5C warming threshold.
Union coverage
- CTU: Net closes in on personal grievance claims from high-flyers
- PSA: Union seeks legal advice about working from home guidelines
- Tramways: Latest Auckland bus attack leaves driver in hospital with fractured ribs and eye damage
Employment
- Use of 'extraordinary' powers in Defence decision 'unusual' - Labour
- 1000 applicants for one role: one woman's year-long job hunt
- Working from home does not protect people from work accidents, new data shows
Politics
- D-Day for government's Treaty Principles Bill
- Senior lawyers call for Treaty Principles Bill to be abandoned
- Treaty Principles Bill: Bill of Rights Act advice 'quite damning' – academic
- Shane Jones hopes fast-track regime can be the 'most permissive' in developed world
- Labour claims 'cover-up' as weekly reporting on benefit numbers cancelled
- Fair news bargaining bill in limbo as minister says it is not ready
- Global carbon budget will be used up in six years
Te Ao Māori
- Retracing the footsteps of past Māori protest movements
- Live: Hīkoi heads to Rotorua as Treaty Principles Bill gets first reading
Economics
- Commerce Commission files charges against One NZ over '100% coverage' campaign
- Contact commits to $712m geothermal project, will keep gas plant in reserve
