Child Poverty Reduction Bill risks entrenching failed Social Investment approach. – AAAP
The National Party has come out in support of the Labour’s Child Poverty Reduction Bill, which is supposed to help…
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AAAP welcomes Green Party’s welfare policy
The Green Party launched a renewed call for welfare reform today, acknowledging that all benefit sanctions need removing and benefit…
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Public housing tenancy review changes should apply to all – AAAP
The Minister for Housing and Urban Development, Phil Twyford, announced today that changes would be made to public housing tenancy…
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AAAP calls on WINZ to stop prying into people’s sex life
An OIA report from The Ministry of Social Development shows that, in the year to March 2017, over 11,000 calls…
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Meth eviction compensations don’t account for social harm caused – AAAP
Housing Minister Phil Twyford, alongside HNZ officials, announced this morning that people wrongly penalised for meth contamination in their state…
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MSD report highlights failure of jobseeker sanctions – AAAP
A Ministry of Social Development report released yesterday shows that almost half of people going off the benefit returned…
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HNZ borrowing highlights Government’s fiscal policy failings – AAAP
The Government recently ignored advice from Treasury urging Housing New Zealand to borrow centrally to build new state homes, to…
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Government’s review of Residential Tenancy Act shortsighted – AAAP
The public is being asked for feedback on a set of potential amendments to the Residential Tenancy Act, which the Government…
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Government work scheme risks becoming corporate subsidy – AAAP
The Government recently announced the Mana in Mahi scheme, which aims to subsidise employers taking in 18-24 year olds who…
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AAAP calls on Housing Minister to act to protect tenants
Government work scheme risks becoming corporate subsidy The Government recently announced the Mana in Mahi scheme, which aims to subsidise…