Child poverty targets realistic, but income needs urgent – Child Poverty Action Group
Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) says the ten year targets set by the Government last night to reduce child poverty…
Year: 2018
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Amnesty International – Manus Island: Australia abandons refugees to a life of uncertainty and peril
Manus Island: Australia abandons refugees to a life of uncertainty and peril New facilities unsafe and do not meet…
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Budget Policy shows some progress, but more work is needed – Child Poverty Action Group
Treasury’s Budget Policy Statement (BPS) 2018 indicates some real progress in terms of social wellbeing, but there are still outstanding…
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TOP MEDIA RELEASE – The myth of the lazy poor – Gareth Morgan
I always think twice before diving into the weird and wonderful world that is the comments thread on Stuff, but…
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The Liberal Agenda – Free Ahed Tamimi protest this Saturday 3rd February
Saturday 3 February will see a nationwide day of rallies in solidarity with the Palestinian struggle for justice and freedom & focussing on the campaign to free all Palestinian children from Israeli prisons and strengthening the international boycott movement and divestment of Apartheid Israel.
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GUEST BLOG: Dave Brownz – Busting the Cannabis ‘madness’ myth
The Green’s Bill was voted down but we should still use the opportunity to challenge the myths surrounding cannabis without the debate being dominated by the hysteria of the corporate media and the lobbyists for big pharma.
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Report: Solitary Confinement in New Zealand Prisons – People Against Prisons Aotearoa
Kia ora whānau, I’m pleased to announce that, alongside Economic and Social Research Aotearoa (ESRA), today we launched our report…
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Dear Israel – you are suing the wrong people!
You should be suing us instead! It’s unfair to give The Spinoff the privilege of being singled out when we despise what you do to the Palestinian people so much more than they do.
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Has anyone worked out what the hell Meghan Markle ever did to Kate Hawkesby yet? WTF was that weird column about?
I know Kate Hawkesby as well as I know Meghan Markle so I don’t want to attribute bigotry unjustly but this is ugly at best and purposely cruel at worst.
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On National’s Recent Leadership Rumblings
I was thinking about the recent rumblings in the National Party towards their ‘leadership team’, and something didn’t quite add up.