Bigger deficit for Christmas from the deficit buster. Expect higher ACC levies
The Government reduced taxes promising to pay for revenue lost with expenditure cuts. This task is proving very difficult, especially…
Susan St John
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If foodbanks were the answer, can underfunding them be the solution?
To our shame foodbanks are huge growth industry in Aotearoa New Zealand. It’s both a puzzle and contradiction. What economist…
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Ballet dancing is as dangerous as rugby? Or is the complex super structure of levy setting dangerous to much needed 21st century reform of ACC
ACC claims dancing is the seventh most popular recreational activity. It appears that there are lot of injuries from dancing. The…
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We do not need ACC levy increases
Of the multitude of things to complain about and offer resistance to at the moment it seems a real indulgence…
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Just listen to Matthew Hooton and apply market-based technology to solve complex social problems
Families affected by a complex mix of intergenerational poverty, colonisation, illness, trauma and abuse are the subject of great concern…
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There are many more past injustices for the state to answer
In 2016 CPAG published Kathryn’s Story: How the Government spent well over $100,000 and 15 years pursuing a chronically-ill beneficiary…
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Time to cut through the weirdness, be bold and simplify Working for Families.
There is an old saying in policy wonk land that ‘you don’t make housing policy for those who live in…
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Review of crippling debts to government now delayed to the Never Never.
I have complained loud and often about how the last government conducted multiple ‘reviews’ of social policy. Typically, an expensive…
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The rich get richer while child poverty just increases
The Tax Package 2024 includes tax bracket increases, Family boost, $25 per week In Work Tax Credit (IWTC) , and…
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Will the true debt figure please stand up.
In the weekend I received this message from an agitated Taxpayers Union: “We don’t normally email our supporters on a…