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Dr Lucy Tel-Bar @lucytelbar.bsky.social · 14h

Not exactly a glowing endorsement of our economic direction, is it!
About the only positive thing one could say about it is that we appear to have slipped from second place to fourth. But probably due to easier migration in those other three countries (whereas Ireland is a real improvement).

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Dr Lucy Tel-Bar @lucytelbar.bsky.social · 16h

How has that percentage changed over time though? And what % come back by 35?

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Dr Lucy Tel-Bar @lucytelbar.bsky.social · 1d

I don't even know where to start with the layers of privileged bubble horseshit in this piece, but maybe with: People generally aren't moving to Australia because they can't "build wealth" here. They're moving because they can't get a job, afford rent, or eat here.

www.stuff.co.nz/money/360845...

Droves have headed to Australia for a better life. Here’s why the dream doesn’t always match reality

Moving to Australia doesn’t guarantee the financial security you crave. Your money habits matter more than your postcode, writes Katie Wesney.

www.stuff.co.nz

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Dr Lucy Tel-Bar @lucytelbar.bsky.social · 2d

1. Raw as a crunchy snack
2. Cut up and throw in the pot a minute before the pasta's done
3. Cut up or whole in stir fry

Other suggestions welcome though?!

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Dr Lucy Tel-Bar @lucytelbar.bsky.social · 3d

It's interesting looking at it this way, i.e. %s of males 20-24 employed full-time in the building construction sector - e.g. can't know if they're employed in that sector more/less because of less/more other options or just more/less work available.
Highest %s 2023 were Wairarapa and Northland.

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Dr Lucy Tel-Bar @lucytelbar.bsky.social · 3d

Where do I look these up?
(I'm interested to know whether the data are available by sector - a friend of one of my children wants to emigrate to NZ and I want to give good advice on where he's more likely to find work in his sector, i.e. building/construction).

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David Hood @thoughtfulnz.bsky.social · 4d

You can't fit thousands of job seekers into tens of jobs.
And while Luxon might call himself sorted, the country isn't, even if he doesn't want to do anything about it.

Musical Chairs @musicalchairs.bsky.social · 6d

I am admittedly rage-posting now, but come the fuck on! Can we have an actual conversation about what we are doing as a country?

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Dr Lucy Tel-Bar @lucytelbar.bsky.social · 5d

"Well, I mean to say, when a girl suddenly asks you out of a blue sky if you don't sometimes feel that the stars are God's daisy-chain, you begin to think a bit."
P.G. Wodehouse (1934), Right Ho, Jeeves, chapter 1

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Newsroom NZ @newsroom.co.nz · 6d

Analysis: If Willis' big fix for the energy market is to help gentailers finance new thermal baseload or firming plants, she's answering a question that nobody's asking, writes Jonathan Milne.

Govt flails to coax gentailers to build power plants

newsroom.co.nz

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Dr Lucy Tel-Bar @lucytelbar.bsky.social · 7d

Sure, that's why I ask about third country extradition.

We don't have an extradition treaty with Vietnam, but we do with lots of other places.

Put them on the Interpol watch list. At least make them scared to travel again.

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Dr Lucy Tel-Bar @lucytelbar.bsky.social · 7d

I feel like they should be named.
But also: would there be a chance of extraditing them from a third country, if they ever travelled anywhere else?

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Dr Lucy Tel-Bar @lucytelbar.bsky.social · 7d

Congratulations, that's a fantastic achievement.
I remember when visiting London in the 1990s, and blowing your nose in the morning meant a tissue full of black. It was better in the 2010s, but this is better still.

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Dr Lucy Tel-Bar @lucytelbar.bsky.social · 7d

Don't panic. Don't "be aware". Just get rid of them.

Dr Lucy Tel-Bar @lucytelbar.bsky.social · 7d

So: we now know that gas hobs DO expose persons to harmful products of gas. We didn't know it before, but we do now.
Gas hobs expose persons to harmful products of gas.
They _already_ breach _existing_ regulations.
We don't need to change regulations, or issue a ban: gas hobs are already illegal.

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Dr Lucy Tel-Bar @lucytelbar.bsky.social · 7d

The new report finds (at least) 3,230 children <18 years have asthma because of the gas hob in their home.
About 31,000 asthmatics <18 live in homes with gas hobs, so gas hobs are contributing more than 10% of asthma in homes with gas hobs.
Ventilation helps a bit, but it doesn't solve the problem.

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Dr Lucy Tel-Bar @lucytelbar.bsky.social · 7d

Yes, there are "long-standing regulations to ensure gas stoves are safe".
Those regulations deem gas stoves unsafe if "measures are not in place that ... ensure persons are not exposed to carbon monoxide and other harmful products of gas".

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Dr Lucy Tel-Bar @lucytelbar.bsky.social · 7d

We don't need to panic. We just need to stop installing - and replace existing - gas hobs.
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...

‘Don’t panic, but be aware’: Minister on gas stove study

“Any health risks, particularly those affecting children, are of concern,“ a Minister says after study links deaths, asthma to indoor pollution from gas stoves.

www.stuff.co.nz

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Stephanie... In New Zealand @bootstheory.bsky.social · 8d

Protect trans kids. Fuck RNZ, and specifically, fuck Ruth Hill and Mark Stevens, who apparently missed out that the Onion is satirical.

It Is Journalism’s Sacred Duty To Endanger The Lives Of As Many Trans People As Possible

The task of reporting is not a simple one. Each and every day, reporters and editors at publications like The Onion make difficult decisions about which issues should receive attention, knowing that o...

theonion.com

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Dr Lucy Tel-Bar @lucytelbar.bsky.social · 8d

P.S.: Sources -
Data on energy spend and use by income decile derive from www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/ene....
The breakdown of what goes into the cost of a kWh came from industry sources, but can also be somewhat extracted from www.stuff.co.nz/business/360....

Energy poverty: The lowest-income households pay more in Aotearoa

Low-income households spend disproportionately more of their income on electricity costs in NZ, yet many are still unable to meet basic energy needs.

www.phcc.org.nz

Dr Lucy Tel-Bar @lucytelbar.bsky.social · 8d

On the plus side: at least they haven't taken the pass handed to them and announced further sell-off or dilution of government ownership.

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Dr Lucy Tel-Bar @lucytelbar.bsky.social · 8d

If you allow for debt repayment, you're swiftly getting to electricity costs being unaffordable for a third of the population, and that's before you try to pay for any new generation.

The Government's "solutions" do not engage with that problem, and cannot solve it.

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Dr Lucy Tel-Bar @lucytelbar.bsky.social · 8d

BUT, even if the whole 7c were profit, removing it entirely would still leave an 8c gap to reach affordability for our 10th income decile households.

27c/kWh would be affordable for the 9th income decile, but not for the 10th - i.e. 10% of the population.

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Dr Lucy Tel-Bar @lucytelbar.bsky.social · 8d

19c/kWh is not feasible without subsidy.

Lines cost ~11.7c/kWh. Actual production cost is about 12c/kWh. That's already 23.7c/kWh. GST on top takes it to 27c/kWh.

The remaining 7c isn't pure profit - some of it covers debt repayment.

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Dr Lucy Tel-Bar @lucytelbar.bsky.social · 8d

4. Neither of the Government's "fixes" will solve energy affordability for low income households. Residential electricity costs ~34c/kWh. It would need to cost about 19c/kWh for 10th income decile households to afford (6% threshold) as much electricity as the 3rd income decile uses.

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Dr Lucy Tel-Bar @lucytelbar.bsky.social · 8d

2. Energy companies are already building more generation. The assertion that they're not is just your average "lie often repeated becomes the truth".
3. We sure as hell don't need a liquid natural gas import facility. Someone's going to make bank on that deal, but it won't be the consumer.

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