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Staff residing at Lakeview Land – tenancies to end October 2019

Tuesday, 23rd April, 2019

As you may be aware, QLDC is moving ahead with the development of the Lakeview site. Tenants were advised late last week that, unless they qualify for a needs-based exemption, they will need to find new accommodation by late October 2019. You can find the…

CEO UPDATE: A LAMENT FOR LOST LABOUR

Wednesday, 17th April, 2019

Last month I completed our submission to MBIE on Regional Workforce Planning. With Rebecca (our office manager) on leave, I went to publish this submission myself on our website. Forty-five painful minutes later the task was still not done, the website co…

CEO Update - March 2019

Wednesday, 20th March, 2019

It seems to me that tax and rate payers are getting our money’s worth from our local and national governments these days.  It’s all action, action, action. Last month MBIE asked our opinion on improving social outcomes through a regional workforce planni…

CEO Article - Minimum Wage Debate

Wednesday, 20th February, 2019

From time-to-time we need to do things we don’t like, but recognise that it is good for us. Changes to the minimum wage over the next four years from $17.70 per hour this year to a predicted $20.00 by 2020 may well fall into this category. After talking …
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