Posts by Hilary Stace
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Rape Crisis is not going to cooperate. Privacy of clients too important. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/326040/rape-crisis-will-risk-funding-to-keep-data-private
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Yes there is an overlap between the casual attitude to surveillance displayed by Government now and earlier policies which led to all that institutional abuse. Both underpinned by longstanding eugenic beliefs.
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Access: Privacy and the right to consent…, in reply to mark taslov,
Thank you for that disclosure.
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The NZ Association of Counsellors has now come out against the policy. I am still puzzled why it has taken so long for those at the front line of implementing this policy to react. Is it because the contracts are so long and complicated that a clause like this can be slipped in unnoticed?
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1703/S00042/msds-client-data-collection-is-a-breach-of-privacy.htm
There is also the major ethical and political issue that the whole Social Investment Strategy is another way for the Government to contract out work and services that would have once been provided by government employees.
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Growing legal advice that what MSD wants to do is illegal. So hopefully it will never happen. http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/morningreport/audio/201835268/government-breaching-privacy-laws-by-making-social-services
Probably another argument as to why we need a constitution enshrining rights - as promoted by Geoffrey Palmer.
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Statistics NZ has been building their Integrated Data Infrastructure 'big data' repository for several years now from census and other sources. They want it to be used for 'public good' research, and appear to have great respect for privacy and other ethical concerns as well as excellent governance. If they can do it, why does MSD have to do things another way?
Although even the IDI is affected by political ideology. For example, the Government made a decision in 2012 not to do a Disability Survey following every census. This survey had been developing good NZ disability data since 1996. Now, those same questions will not be asked, and fed into the IDI, as regularly, so there are implications for disability knowledge and policy.
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Ed Gane sounds pretty amazing. I've never met him but I have heard about his brilliance and skill from so many unrelated friends and colleagues who have.
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By old I mean over 65. Not many of those in parliament, yet lots of voters. The Gold Card, National Superannuation beneficiary, aged care etc, group need representation - you could argue.
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Hard News: Mt Albert: Cooperating,…, in reply to izogi,
I disagree that there are too many old people in parliament. Not enough diversity of ages, backgrounds and expertise is more accurate. Where are our 24% of MPs identifying as disabled? Why haven’t we ever had an MP with Down Syndrome?
Regarding Trevor and age specifically, he has stepped down from his electorate seat to make way for another impressive young woman, Ginny Anderson, who almost toppled Peter Dunne last year, and who is campaigning vigorously in Hutt South, helped and supported by Trevor. Trevor is not even old yet, not in Gold Card territory. Annette King is almost 70 but still a very effective electorate and parliamentary MP. Green MP Catherine Delahunty (the same age as Trevor) will step down from the list this year while mentoring the very young Jack Macdonald (among others) into a role as a future Green MP.
We need people across the age range in Parliament. A Speaker plays a vital role in a democratically functioning parliament in the 3 years between elections, and someone with lots of parliamentary experience is valuable.
Educational research has shown that a diverse classroom is good for all students, as is a diverse caucus. I think my point is that we need to see people in parliament who reflect our population. And older members mentoring and encouraging younger ones is healthy, not ageist.
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They should start drug testing those National Superannuation beneficiaries. Could be some interesting stats there - many of those over 65 year old baby boomers who grew up in the 1960s and 70s are probably still partying.
(I don't really mean it)