There's some concerns about cost blowouts on the new Cook Strait ferries, but Minister Chris Bishop isn't too worried.

A Treasury briefing from September warned of risks costs could overtake the budgeted $1.8 billion dollars.

Associate Finance Minister Chris Bishop says the Government's working at pace on this project and the new ferries are on their way.

"It's going to be tight, there's no doubt about that. But things are going pretty well." 

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There's some concerns about cost blowouts on the new Cook Strait ferries, but Minister Chris Bishop isn't too worried.
A Treasury briefing from September warned of risks costs could overtake the budgeted $1.8 billion dollars.
Associate Finance Minister Chris Bishop says the Government's working at pace on this project and the new ferries are on their way.
"It's going to be tight, there's no doubt about that. But things are going pretty well."&nbsp;
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Chris Bishop: Associate Finance Minister on the prospect of the Cook Strait ferry costs blowing out

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Australia's unemployment rate stayed at 4.4 percent in June, according to the latest Labour Force data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

The rise in employment was driven by a 47,000-person rise in part-time work, pushing it to more than 4.6 million people, with full-time employment also rising up by 29,300 to over 10 million people.

Australian correspondent Murray Olds says the Reserve Bank is looking for unemployment figures to go higher in order to cool the economy down.

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Australia's unemployment rate stayed at 4.4 percent in June, according to the latest Labour Force data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
The rise in employment was driven by a 47,000-person rise in part-time work, pushing it to more than 4.6 million people, with full-time employment also rising up by 29,300 to over 10 million people.
Australian correspondent Murray Olds says the Reserve Bank is looking for unemployment figures to go higher in order to cool the economy down.
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Murray Olds: Australian correspondent on Australia's unemployment rate remaining at 4.4 percent in June

Former Silver Fern and MP Louisa Wall is unimpressed Netball New Zealand is cutting jobs at ANZ Premiership franchises, while the national side prepares for the Commonwealth Games.

Wall says new chair Alastair Carruthers should be working on the sport's domestic concerns rather than travelling to Glasgow.

Sportstalk host D'Arcy Waldegrave explained further.

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Former Silver Fern and MP Louisa Wall is unimpressed Netball New Zealand is cutting jobs at ANZ Premiership franchises, while the national side prepares for the Commonwealth Games.
Wall says new chair Alastair Carruthers should be working on the sport's domestic concerns rather than travelling to Glasgow.
Sportstalk host D'Arcy Waldegrave explained further.
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D'Arcy Waldegrave: Sportstalk host on the future of domestic netball in NZ after Netball NZ job cuts

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A step towards giving volunteer firefighters the same ACC protection as fulltimers.

Labour MP Kieran McAnulty's Accident Compensation Amendment Bill has been drawn from Parliament's biscuit tin today.

The legislation would extend cover for work-related injuries and illnesses to volunteers.

United Fire Brigades Association CEO Bill Butzbach says it's important for it to pass.

"If we can't keep supporting our volunteers that we rely so much upon - if they stop volunteering, we're going to be in a bunch of trouble. I think they need to feel well-supported in the very important role they carry out." 

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A step towards giving volunteer firefighters the same ACC protection as fulltimers.
Labour MP Kieran McAnulty's Accident Compensation Amendment Bill has been drawn from Parliament's biscuit tin today.
The legislation would extend cover for work-related injuries and illnesses to volunteers.
United Fire Brigades Association CEO Bill Butzbach says it's important for it to pass.
"If we can't keep supporting our volunteers that we rely so much upon - if they stop volunteering, we're going to be in a bunch of trouble. I think they need to feel well-supported in the very important role they carry out."&nbsp;
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Bill Butzbach: United Fire Brigades Association CEO on a bill being drawn to extend ACC cover to volunteer firefighters

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Chris Bishop: Associate Finance Minister on the prospect of the Cook Strait ferry costs blowing out

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