About to start a 2.5 day conference at Vic Uni.
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Second talk this afternoon, Beyond Urbanisation: deregulation in Aotearoa's transport sector.
"The super rich pay an average tax rate of 8.9% income tax. The average person pays 26%"
"In 2013 Watties paid $2m to management fees. In 2023 that went to $33m, with $50m less revenue. They didn't mention that in decision to close their factories. "
"Transport was a public good for many years in this country. The building of the rail network was part of our nation building... we didn't do it in the nicest way. We made specific rules to protect that, including prohibiting what goods could be moved by road.
This was a public good, until the neoliberal rupture, when price became the dominate organising factor. Rail network privatised, collapsed and brought back in."
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"Transport was a public good for many years in this country. The building of the rail network was part of our nation building... we didn't do it in the nicest way. We made specific rules to protect that, including prohibiting what goods could be moved by road.
This was a public good, until the neoliberal rupture, when price became the dominate organising factor. Rail network privatised, collapsed and brought back in."
"The Uber model is the far swing of that neoliberal pendulum swing. Managers are replaced by an algorithm. It's almost like the rules don't apply, a perfect free market model."
"Workers do believe in the old form of collective action... especially when it means they get better wages!"
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"The Uber model is the far swing of that neoliberal pendulum swing. Managers are replaced by an algorithm. It's almost like the rules don't apply, a perfect free market model."
"Workers do believe in the old form of collective action... especially when it means they get better wages!"
"Uber are 80% of AoNZ ride share market. They are also the largest player in food delivery market. Sponsoring the AllBlacks, but only reported $1.2m revenue.
Only 2% of their income was classified as taxable income. 91% was internal fees."
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"Uber are 80% of AoNZ ride share market. They are also the largest player in food delivery market. Sponsoring the AllBlacks, but only reported $1.2m revenue.
Only 2% of their income was classified as taxable income. 91% was internal fees."
"Uber misclassified the workforce, the transactions, the service, and the revenue.
They paid 0.1% of their revenue as tax in 2023..."
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"Uber misclassified the workforce, the transactions, the service, and the revenue.
They paid 0.1% of their revenue as tax in 2023..."
@Phil_Tanner my goodness this event you’re at sounds awesome, what is it?
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"Uber misclassified the workforce, the transactions, the service, and the revenue.
They paid 0.1% of their revenue as tax in 2023..."
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"Justice has a geography to it. What opportunities you get access to. "
"Māori are over represented in poverty. Have a lower access to green spaces. Pushed to the outskirts of the cities"
"For many Māori, cities are symbols of loss and disconnection, but they will always be indigenous places"
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"Justice has a geography to it. What opportunities you get access to. "
"Māori are over represented in poverty. Have a lower access to green spaces. Pushed to the outskirts of the cities"
"For many Māori, cities are symbols of loss and disconnection, but they will always be indigenous places"
"Current spatial injustices are not a failure of the system, but a feature of it"
"Structural disadvantage doesn't diminish over time, it compounds instead."
"Ka hanga whare te tangata, ka hanga tangata te whare- the people shape the house, the house shapes the people"
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"Current spatial injustices are not a failure of the system, but a feature of it"
"Structural disadvantage doesn't diminish over time, it compounds instead."
"Ka hanga whare te tangata, ka hanga tangata te whare- the people shape the house, the house shapes the people"
"Spatial justice is not a natural condition, it's constructed through a societal lens."
"What design strategies can we use to decolonise the fence? How else can we deliniate and reduce access to areas?"
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"Spatial justice is not a natural condition, it's constructed through a societal lens."
"What design strategies can we use to decolonise the fence? How else can we deliniate and reduce access to areas?"
"It's fair to say love and care are not high priorities in western city design."
"When thinking about justice, we need to think across the spectrum. Not just with a Māori lens, but from a single mother with kids at 3 different schools for example."
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"It's fair to say love and care are not high priorities in western city design."
"When thinking about justice, we need to think across the spectrum. Not just with a Māori lens, but from a single mother with kids at 3 different schools for example."
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This talk is fascinating, but deep in history and dates and detail... I can't live toot it and listen. Arohamai whānau
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This talk is fascinating, but deep in history and dates and detail... I can't live toot it and listen. Arohamai whānau
@Phil_Tanner Thanks for all these toots. It sounds fascinating.
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@Phil_Tanner my goodness this event you’re at sounds awesome, what is it?
@SimonCHulse it's this:
https://www.wgtn.ac.nz/stout-centre/about/events/kia-tika-kia-pono-for-a-just-societyReally glad i attended. There's some really thought provoking stuff.
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"Our people don't disengage from learning because they don't value education, but because they don't fit into the systems forced upon us"
"Justice is not about repairing damage once it's occurred, it's about designing places to avoid that damage happening in the first place."
@Phil_Tanner
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@Phil_Tanner
Should that quote start with "Our people ..."?@AngelaAntunovic yes, thank you. My autocucumber is Not Good(tm), and I was trying to keep up with the amazing speakers... appreciate the heads up
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@SimonCHulse it's this:
https://www.wgtn.ac.nz/stout-centre/about/events/kia-tika-kia-pono-for-a-just-societyReally glad i attended. There's some really thought provoking stuff.
@Phil_Tanner What an amazing event. Thank you for posting about it. Some of those really hit home hard.
Sounds like it would have done the country good for everyone to have heard the talks. -
@Phil_Tanner What an amazing event. Thank you for posting about it. Some of those really hit home hard.
Sounds like it would have done the country good for everyone to have heard the talks.@AngelaAntunovic I still have tomorrow morning to attend. It's honestly been incredible so far
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@SimonCHulse it's this:
https://www.wgtn.ac.nz/stout-centre/about/events/kia-tika-kia-pono-for-a-just-societyReally glad i attended. There's some really thought provoking stuff.
@Phil_Tanner @SimonCHulse Thanks for your reporting too.
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This talk is fascinating, but deep in history and dates and detail... I can't live toot it and listen. Arohamai whānau
So, after a full day yesterday (0900-1730) of 150-200 odd people in the lecture theatre, this was the reading at the end, as the last speaker was receiving their koha.
For those not as familiar with the readings, it was 518 outside just now, so this is basically "fresh air". My (big, government) office NEVER falls below 850, and meeting rooms often climb to over 2000 inside 20 mins.
A packed peak time commuter train on recirculated air is about 1600.
So this is AMAZING.
