Calls for MSD to end debt prosecutions against beneficiaries – Auckland Action Against Poverty
Auckland Action Against Poverty welcomes the High Court’s decision that says that loans are not income for social security purposes…
Year: 2018
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Nauru: Government must lift press restrictions on ABC ahead of Pacific Islands summit – Amnesty International
Responding to the news that Nauru’s government has banned journalists from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) from attending the Pacific…
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Kelvin Davis – caught between a rock and a mega prison
Currently 60% of those released reoffend within 2 years. That is an abysmal failure, the time to move away from this punitive experiment is now.
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Deportation of Indian students shows need for a rule change – Council of Trade Unions
Deportation of Indian students shows need for a rule change An Ombudsman’s report released last week shows our deportation rules…
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New water rules must ban dairy conversions says Greenpeace
Greenpeace says New Zealand’s water regulations need to be updated to prevent dairy expansion and end the intensification of livestock…
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Equality at work is improving but at a glacial pace – Human Rights Commission
Equality at work is improving but at a glacial pace Women continue to feature in negative labour market indicators according…
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Political Caption Competition
How National Party voters envisage beneficiaries
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The Daily Blog Open Mic – Wednesday 4th July 2018
Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.
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Police use of force during arrest in Ashburton unjustified – Independent Police Conduct Authority
Police use of force during arrest in Ashburton unjustified The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found that Police used excessive…
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Why the Ministry of Social Development is the Al Nisbet of welfare agencies
Just pause and consider the level of state sanctioned cruelty you are seeing here. Beneficiaries who borrow money had that money counted as ‘income’ so MSD could then claim the beneficiary had committed fraud and then started charging them with penalties and interest.