The Mike Hosking Breakfast

Employers are in favour of ACT's plan to allow them to withhold pay for workers on partial strikes.  Workplace Relations Minister Brooke van Velden wants to reverse a previous Government move which prevented pay being docked if workers continued to do some work during a strike.  Currently pay can only be withheld during a full strike.  Employers and Manufacturers Association Head of Advocacy Alan McDonald told Heather du Plessis Allan the current rules aren't working.  He says they campaigned against the 2018 change out of fear it would lead to more strikes, and it has.  McDonald says workers have the right to withhold their labour, so employers should have the right to withhold their pay.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Christopher Luxon, the Prime Minister of New Zealand, tackles the controversial topic of military-style boot camps for youth, asserting that halting them is a defeatist attitude. He shares anecdotes about teens evading authorities and emphasizes their potential for positive change. Luxon also discusses the upcoming announcement regarding the Interislander ferry costs, assuring that new vessels will not carry the exorbitant price tag of $3 billion like previous proposals. His approach combines fiscal responsibility with a focus on rehabilitation and opportunity.

Air New Zealand's chief executive says it's a matter of when, not if, they return to London.   The airline faces another two to three years of disruption waiting for new aircraft and the completion of maintenance on existing ones.  The disruptions already cost the airline up to $150 million a year.  Greg Foran told Heather du Plessis-Allan they've been given spots at Gatwick Airport.   He says it got them excited initially, but they haven't got any planes.   Greg Foran says he expects to get those planes at the start of 2026.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tauranga is considering a pretty creative solution to satisfying the anti fluoride crowd, by setting up a fluoride free tap on the outskirts of town. Tauranga Mayor Mahé Drysdale says the resolution is about giving people options.  Drysdale says council meetings have hosted a 'couple of hundred' people which indicates there is a very vocal group of people passionate about this issue.  LISTEN ABOVE. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bashar al Assad has reportedly fled to Moscow. Russian state media is reporting that he and his family have been granted asylum after the rebels took the Capital of Damascus. Sky News Middle East correspondent Alistair Buckle joins the show and says we need to be concerned about what comes next. LISTEN ABOVE. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The two teenagers who ran away from the Government's military bootcamps last week have been arrested. That is after allegedly stealing a car, running from the cops, and one individual trying then to carjack another car with a machete. But Former CEO of Business New Zealand Phil O'Reilly was on the welfare expert advisory group and says the boot camps do and will work.  O'Reilly told Heather du Plessis-Allan the government needs to support participants reintegration into society.  LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

President Biden says the White House is on alert from Islamic State resurgence. U.S correspondent Richard Arnold joins the show and says Trump is taking a ‘hands off approach’ regarding Syria. In an interview with NBC, Trump reveals he will likely pardon those jailed for the January 6 Capitol attack in Washington D.C. LISTEN ABOVE. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

New Zealand Rugby CEO talks about the controversial TJ Perenara haka which saw a nod to Te Tiriti o Waitangi and the split it caused in the country.  Will Scott Robertson be able to pick some overseas players?  Will the New Zealand Rugby, SKY Broadcast deal be signed by the end of the year?  LISTEN ABOVE. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

After refusing to call the Melbourne synagogue fire an act of terrorism, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese finally did declare the firebombing an act of terror and has come under widespread criticism.  Polls are showing Albanese is trailing significantly behind Peter Dutton. He holds the lowest score since polls began in 2008.  A weeks-long Woolworths strike that began in November over low pay, has come to an end.  Australian Correspondent Steve Price joins the show to discuss this and more.  LISTEN ABOVE. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast with Heather du Plessis-Allan for Monday the 9th of December, are the bootcamps being handled well enough and can OT handle it after a couple of kids absconded?   NZR CEO Mark Robinson is in for the final time this year to talk how 2024 went and how the books look. Andrew Saville and Guy Heveldt talk the Blacks Caps debacle, Liam Lawson and whether he has done enough for next year and Auckland FC. Get the Mike Hosking Breakfast Full Show Podcast every weekday morning on iHeartRadio, or wherever you get your podcasts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.