Labourβs spokesperson for Tertiary Education & WhΔnau Ora. MP based in Northcote. Dad to Whiti. πΎ Authorised by R Salmond, 2 Gilmer Terrace, Wgtn.
Birkenhead, Auckland
Joined April 2014
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Decisions about treatment should be made by doctors, young people and their parents. Their care shouldnβt be used as an ideological football. Rainbow families and rangatahi will feel this deeply today. 1/2 #nzpol
The Government needs to provide adequate support for the vulnerable people and families who will be affected by this decision. Shame on @SimeonBrownMP . 2/2 scoop.co.nz/stories/PA2511/Sβ¦
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Wouldn't it be good to implement the bed night visitor levy that Auckland is asking for instead of this? That way we get a sustainable source of funding for events and tourism...
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Penny Simmonds still refuses to front up with the basic financial details we need to know if her plan will even work. All signs point to things getting worse β and more jobs on the chopping block.
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Iβm calling on the Minister to release all the advice that she has received on job losses to the vocational sector.
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We need a Government focused on building the future.
Since National took office, 18,000 people have lost their jobs in construction, with many heading overseas to find work.
Labour will bring certainty, so people can keep their jobs and build a future in New Zealand.
The Govt drops the Waikato Med School business case on a Friday night. Weβve been waiting . Weekend homework. health.govt.nz/information-rβ¦
The Govt has told Sport NZ to stop work on guidelines for including trans people in community sport. Raelene Castle and Sport NZ wanted inclusivity β and I agree. So why the backtrack? This Govt has no values. Sport should bring people together, not shut them out. π β½οΈ
Serious questions remain about conflicts of interestβand Otagoβs proposal was rejected. So why is the Government still hiding the business case for the Waikato medical school?
The Govt is pressing ahead with a Waikato Medical School β with less funding than planned.
We need more doctors, but scaling up Otago & Auckland wouldβve been faster and more cost-effective.
More pressure on an already underfunded sector.
The Govtβs changes to training in our regions will see jobs lost and fewer training opportunities. Theyβre returning polytechs to a model that was never financially viable. Simmonds couldnβt even guarantee if they would all still be operational in two yearsβ time.
Otago Polytechnic has been thrown into a state of confusion and the Minister refuses to front up and explain.
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Penny Simmonds is playing favourites. Her old stomping ground SIT is set to stand alone while Otago Polytechnic has been merged with the Open Polytech. How is this uncertainty good for the regions?
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Walking & cycling before this govt came in was 4% of our transport budget.
Now itβs 1.5%.
Under the Govtβs plan it wouldβve taken us 100βs of years to renew our footpaths. We put $500m additional in to increase footpath funding without govt subsidies.
Red herring from the PM!
Penny Simmondsβ changes to vocational education are already having real consequences for learners across Aotearoa.
This isnβt βreform.β Itβs disinvestment. And itβs hurting the very students who need the most support to succeed.
The National Government could have simply addressed some of the issues Te Pukenga had, without disestablishing it, and avoided all the expense and uncertainly this has had on staff and students
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The message was clear - it just doesnβt stack up. Faith in the new federated model and its long term viability is low. The minister needs to come clean with what financial info she has to improve our polytechnics and their ability to deliver quality educational services.
βFundamentally flawedβ β thatβs how Civil Contractors NZ chief executive Alan Pollard described the Governmentβs decision on vocational training reform.
Itβs becoming clearer by the day: National has overpromised a model it canβt afford and canβt deliver.
Iβve been concerned about the National Governmentβs removing equity funding in tertiary education β especially the cuts to MΔori and Pacific equity funding in our Polytechs. But thereβs some good news for Uniβs, Minister Reti has confirmed thereβll be no changes.