MIL-OSI New Zealand: NZ to introduce mandatory pregnancy warning labels on alcohol
Source: New Zealand Government Pregnancy warning labels on alcohol will become mandatory in New Zealand, Minister for Food Safety Damien O’Connor announced today. The decision was made at the Australia New Zealand Ministerial Forum on Food Regulation in Adelaide. “While the alcohol industry has been voluntarily including warnings on some products for the past six […]
Read More →MIL-OSI New Zealand: Household Incomes Report released
Source: New Zealand Government Minister of Social Development Carmel Sepuloni welcomed the release today of the thirteenth Household Incomes Report and the complementary Material Wellbeing report. The Household Incomes Report shows: 52% of renters receiving Accommodation Supplement were paying more than 50% of their income for housing, up from 40% in 2007 65% of those […]
Read More →MIL-OSI New Zealand: Finance Minister travels to annual IMF/World Bank and APEC meetings
Source: New Zealand Government Finance Minister Grant Robertson is travelling today to attend a series of international economic meetings and bilateral engagements in Indonesia, Malaysia and Papua New Guinea. Mr Robertson is attending the IMF/World Bank annual meeting in Bali from October 12-13. There he will have a series of engagements including meetings with counterparts, […]
Read More →MIL-OSI New Zealand: Summit puts mental health on global agenda
Source: New Zealand Government Health Minister Dr David Clark says the first ever Global Ministerial Mental Health Summit has ended with a commitment to improve mental health worldwide and challenge stigma and discrimination. Overnight New Zealand endorsed the Global Declaration on Achieving Equality for Mental Health in the 21st Century, which acknowledges that everyone has […]
Read More →MIL-OSI New Zealand: Government launches Strategy for Women and Girls in Sport and Active Recreation
Source: New Zealand Government Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Sport and Recreation Minister Grant Robertson have launched a new strategy that champions equality for New Zealand women and girls in sport and active recreation. The new strategy, launched on the United Nations Day of the Girl, delivers on the Government’s top sports priorities of increasing […]
Read More →MIL-OSI New Zealand: Mobile shower and laundry for rough sleepers
Source: New Zealand Government A customised van that will provide free mobile laundry and shower services for rough sleepers across Auckland launched in Onehunga this morning. Operated by Australian charity organisation Orange Sky, the van will help the homeless community through laundry, showers and conversation. Orange Sky co-founders, Nic Marchesi and Lucas Patchett, were named […]
Read More →MIL-OSI New Zealand: New global economic forecasts show importance of running surpluses, paying down debt
Source: New Zealand Government The International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) latest global economic forecasts are a timely reminder of why the Coalition Government is running surpluses, sensibly managing debt and focussing on policies to support growth, Finance Minister Grant Robertson says. The IMF has upgraded its growth forecasts for New Zealand compared to April, closer to […]
Read More →MIL-OSI New Zealand: Government crackdown on loan sharks
Source: New Zealand Government Cap on total interest and fees charged Stiff penalties for loan sharks who break rules ‘Fit and proper person’ test for lenders, door-to-door salespeople and truck shops The Government is introducing tough new measures to protect people from loan sharks and truck shops, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Commerce and Consumer […]
Read More →MIL-OSI New Zealand: Opening Address New Zealand Police Association 83rd Annual Conference
Source: New Zealand Government Tēnā koutou, Tēnā koutou, Tēnā koutou katoa. Members of Police Executive, President of Police Association, Chris Cahill, Members of the Association and Australian Police Associations, Ladies and gentlemen, It is my absolute privilege and pleasure to be here opening the 2018 Police Association Conference as your Minister of Police. Thank you […]
Read More →MIL-OSI New Zealand: Information sharing to help prevent crime
Source: New Zealand Government Police Minister Stuart Nash is encouraging feedback on an initiative that will help Police prevent crime by having the most up-to-date and accurate information about offenders. Police and the Registrar-General, Births, Deaths and Marriages have begun public consultation on an information sharing agreement that will enable Police to receive information on […]
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