The horror that is MSD
When MSD starts calling homelessness a “narrative”, it’s not a bureaucratic slip. It’s a window into the contempt at the heart of a welfare system that punishes desperation.
WINZ
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The Free-market, Hyper-individualism… and a Culture of Cruelty?
A certain amount of callousness; disdain; and outright hatred must replace compassion, egalitarianism, and a sense of community cohesion if the neo-liberal version of “society” is to operate successfully.
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Observations on the 2017 Election campaign thus far… (ono)
The jaw-dropping, gob-smacking, forehead-slapping gall of Winston Peters! For him to demand clarity and full disclosure from others – when he himself has made a fetish of not disclosing to voters who he will coalesce with, post-election – takes the Hypocrisy-of-the-Year Award from National and plants it firmly on his own Italian suited jacket-lapel.
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MUST READ: A culture of denial at WINZ is what has put staff at risk
A culture of denying people their rights has infected management layers at WINZ. Targets have been imposed on management for benefit denial and prosecuting those who have allegedly been overpaid for some reason.
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Whistleblower guard stood down by Armourguard Security
Armourguard Security have stood down a security guard from a WINZ site because he complained to his union that the company was not taking the guards health and safety seriously.
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Here’s what WINZ are patronisingly saying to people on welfare when they don’t think anyone’s listening
Yesterday, a case manager from WINZ called to tell me that I needed to “imagine what I would do if I did not have welfare”. I replied “Well, I guess if I couldn’t live at home, I would be homeless.” The case manager responded by saying “Now, you see that is a really negative way of seeing it. You would find ways to support yourself.”