Ben McNulty
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Deputy Mayor and Wellington City Councillor for the Takapū/Northern Ward.
Johnsonville, Wellington City
Joined February 2019
Week 5 and it's starting to look like 'business as usual' at council. This week: 🏢 Toured Te Puna 📃 Chairs Briefings underway 🚌 Joint briefing with GWRC to talk transport 👨🦳 Caught up with the Crown Observer Deloitte report released also but covered by @andrewlittle_nz.
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New affordable rentals from Te Kāinga are letting quick (50% already). Warm, dry affordable housing in the CBD brought to you by WCC 👇
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I'm gutted to see the end of Ōhāriu. Greg O'Connor has been a stellar local MP and has helped me dramatically in my role as a councillor from introductions, working together on resident queries and bringing the ethos that there is no such thing as a safe seat or election.
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69. Goal. Newcastle retake the lead. ⚫️ 2-1 🩵
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Another week done and dusted. We've been: 📝 Working on our triennium plan 👋 Welcomed onto Takapūwahia Marae 🦺 Given Health and Safety training The big decision of the week was to press pause on the Golden Mile. Update 👇
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This is fundamentally the solution with local govt. Our funding tools are blunt, we recieve no direct return from public realm investment. Land value capture, GST shares and LVR would change the entire economic context of local govt and incentivise development.
With all the discussion around the review of the Golden Mile that was announced today, important to remember that one of the best things this council can do to improve its financial position going forward is to switch to a rating system that encourages growth and investment.
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If you want the Golden Mile to proceed as scoped, that's $160m of debt that needs to be taken away from social housing upgrades, cycleways, depreciation and maintenance. Those are the only pools of $ with any discretionary spend attached. No BCR changes that stark reality.
These are the WCC councillors who voted to pause work on the Golden Mile.
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📣📣📣 ANNOUNCEMENT: More investment for Wellington! The govt's announcement of some upgrades to the Interislander dock, along with confirming the two new rail-enabled ferries, will cement Wellington's role as the main sea connection to the South Island for decades to come 🛳️
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Proud to see St Brigid's affirm their unwavering commitment to Te Tiriti besides over 500 other schools across New Zealand 💪
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Workers First will now pursue backpack for over 1,000 members and begin collective bargaining with Uber. This is justice after a long fight. Uber drivers deserve the same rights as anyone else.
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We won in the public eye, the Employment Court, the Court of Appeal and now the Supreme Court. But the political fight isn’t over. Brooke van Velden's bill still threatens these protections. Who will this Government stand with: working people or corporate giants?
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We won in the Supreme Court! We always knew what was right because we lived the wrong. Today the Supreme Court has confirmed it: Uber drivers are workers, not contractors. Minimum wage. Sick and annual leave. Union rights. Collective bargaining. All are finally recognised.
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Need a banger playlist to start the week? Mr 5 has you covered: 1) Chicken Banana 2) God Defend New Zealand 3) Ring of Fire - Johnny Cash 4) BCKYRD - Hot Mulligan 5) Waltzing Matilda - Slim Dusty 6) Chimpanzee Riding on a Segway
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Dump Net Zero. End up with zero seats in the capital cities. Our latest poll for the Financial Review has Labor’s primary vote rising higher than May 3rd, while the Coalition has slumped to 24%. The Liberal Party itself is down at 20% and even that’s being propped up by the
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Voters are more disillusioned than ever with the Coalition after a week of infighting over climate policy, and as support for One Nation hits a new high.
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More on the contamination/recall 👇 https://t.co/qWPCYOsTJC
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Ministry says cancer risk from brief exposure is low but urges immediate caution.
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Leaving aside ridiculous failure that this could occur with a childrens product, here is the immediate guidance from WCC: 1) Place in a plastic bag, put that plastic bag in another plastic bag & tape shut 2) Label 'Contains Asbestos'
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