Flying blind into the recession
Prime Minster Chris Hipkins has acknowledged that working families are really struggling. Cost of living issues are out of hand. …
Susan St John
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Serious deficiencies in the social policy processes
I have just listened to Julie Chapman, the Kids Can champion, explain what is unfolding this year with unprecedented demands…
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MUST READ: Child poverty in NZ – what is the truth here?
The Government’s media response to the Ministry of Social Development (MSD) Child Poverty Report 2022 proudly claims “Child poverty declines…
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Here is what must happen in child poverty before the end of this year
The Salvation Army wonders whatever happened to the Accommodation Supplement review. What is up with the policy process in Wellington?…
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2022 ‘Well-being’ Budget will not feed hungry children
The government had a clear choice this budget: they could spend $900 million placating the so-called ‘squeezed middle’ or use…
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The purpose and principles of the social security act
It helps when you are going somewhere to know where you are going and why. Hence it is important to…
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Tackling the Big Issues in 2022? Yeah Right!
All’s right with the world according to the latest release from Labours spin machine We’re committed to making New Zealand…
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What could possibly go wrong next?
What a week. But while National’s woes dominate, who is noticing the erosion of democracy and the exclusionary politics that Labour is busy promoting?
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Let them eat cake
I look forward to reading Max Rashbrooke’s latest book ‘Too much money” It is past time we had the public debate about the divisive and unsustainable inequality that has been driven by our low-tax, free-market system. Solutions will require vision, bravery and leadership.
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Working for Families isn’t working for poor families
The long promised WFF review has been conducted under wraps, all discussion and meetings in secret and with no consultation, least of all with those affected. While we can now see from the OIAs the direction of bureaucratic thinking, between the annoying redactions that is, it does not impress with either its vision or basic logic.