Lately for Wednesday 5 May 2021
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Midweek MediaWatch
10:45 PM.Mediawatch's weekly catchup with Lately. This week Colin Peacock talks to Karyn Hay about the media unpicking the political strategy behind National's warnngs of "separatism". 'Bunny-pocalypse Now' in… Read more Audio
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NSW on alert with community Covid-19 case
10:30 PM.NSW has recorded one new locally acquired COVID-19 infection and expects more cases to be confirmed. Authorities believe the man, who has not been vaccinated, has been infectious since Friday. NSW… Read more Audio
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Public service faces three more years of pay freeze
10:20 PM.Public Service Minister Chris Hipkins has announced that public servants earning more than $60,000 will only be offered pay increases under select circumstances for the next three years. There will be… Read more Audio
Photo: RNZ Andrew Robertson
10:20 Public service faces three more years of pay freeze
Public Service Minister Chris Hipkins has announced that public servants earning more than $60,000 will only be offered pay increases under select circumstances for the next three years. There will be no pay increases for those earning more than $100,000 or senior leaders. The move extends a measure brought in last year, set to expire next month. The police union - the Police Association - is labeling the three year public sector wage freeze an unacceptable bombshell. The Council of Trade Unions president, Richard Wagstaff, join Karyn Hay to look at what the continued payfreeze will mean.
NZ Council of Trade Union (NZ CTU) President - Richard Wagstaff, Photo: Supplied
10:30 NSW on alert with community Covid-19 case
NSW has recorded one new locally acquired COVID-19 infection and expects more cases to be confirmed. Authorities believe the man, who has not been vaccinated, has been infectious since Friday. NSW chief health officer Kerry Chant said he had not been overseas or worked in Sydney's hotel quarantine system so authorities were keeping an open mind while working to find the source of the infection. There is an expectation more cases will be confirmed. What does it mean for New Zealanders travelling between the two nations... Epidemiologist Professor Michael Baker from Otago University's school of public health is with us
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10:45 Midweek MediaWatch
Mediawatch's weekly catchup with Lately. This week Colin Peacock talks to Karyn Hay about the media unpicking the political strategy behind National'swarnngs of "separatism". 'Bunny-pocalypse Now' in the SOuth, diminishing returns for The Apprentice - and anonymous agony advice in print.
Photo: Dom Thomas
