Month: May 2012
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Problem Gambling and the proposed Sky City Convention Centre
By Greg Presland The proposed Sky City convention centre has caused a lot of recent comment. The commercial details have been kept confidential, but what appears to be proposed is that Sky City be allowed to have up to 500 more gambling machines in consideration of which it will construct a $350 million Centre in…
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What is the average salary of a POAL wharfie?
By Greg Presland I have been trying to find out for some time what the average salary of a POAL wharfie is. My curiosity is because of the well publicised figure suggesting that it is $91,000. This figure seemed high, has been ridiculed by the workers themselves, and it has been bandied around in an…