Scoop has an Ethical Paywall
Scoop InfoPages
This InfoPage in unregistered, if this is your news page register Lindsay Mitchell for InfoPages here.
Lindsay Mitchell - Latest News [Page 3]
Significant Risk Factor For Child Abuse Omitted
Thursday, 4 June 2009, 11:59 am | Lindsay Mitchell
A report released today by the Children's Commissioner lists factors associated with fatal assault and serious injury of New Zealand children. The report is fairly comprehensive, welfare commentator Lindsay Mitchell said, but disappointingly fails to mention welfare ... More >>
Dramatic Increase In DPB
Saturday, 2 May 2009, 12:41 pm | Lindsay Mitchell
In the last year the number of people receiving the DPB has grown by 6,000. More >>
Unemployment Benefit - Numbers Almost Double
Thursday, 30 April 2009, 4:51 pm | Lindsay Mitchell
Data just released by the Ministry of Social Development show that numbers on the unemployment benefit have nearly doubled over the last year to 37,000. "While this was largely expected the equally bad news is that every main benefit has seen an ... More >>
Drug Abuse A Growing Reason For Welfare Dependence
Tuesday, 7 April 2009, 4:00 pm | Lindsay Mitchell
The number of people on a sickness or invalid benefit, with a primary incapacity of substance abuse , has increased by 82 percent since 2002. More >>
Govt Decision To Back Down On DPB Changes - Stupid
Monday, 30 March 2009, 12:57 pm | Lindsay Mitchell
Reacting to news the government has decided to put the re-introduction of DPB work-testing on hold, welfare commentator Lindsay Mitchell simply said, "Stupid." More >>
Very Young Mothers - A Risk Factor For Criminality
Monday, 9 March 2009, 2:49 pm | Lindsay Mitchell
A report recently released by Corrections New Zealand, which explores the "alarming" over-representation of Maori in the criminal justice system, has identified very young parents as a risk factor for potential criminality. Welfare commentator , Lindsay ... More >>
Media Release All Main Benefits On The Rise
Thursday, 29 January 2009, 1:20 pm | Lindsay Mitchell
End-of-year benefit statistics just released by the Ministry of Social Development show annual increases in every category of benefit, according to welfare commentator Lindsay Mitchell. More >>
Increased Welfare Payments Impact On Fertility
Monday, 12 January 2009, 12:03 pm | Lindsay Mitchell
New British research, from the Institute of Fiscal Studies, has shown that increased welfare payments have coincided with a boost in births and drop in contraceptive use among the group most affected by the higher payments. New Zealand fertility trends ... More >>
Minister Must Stick To Her Guns
Friday, 19 December 2008, 9:58 am | Lindsay Mitchell
The Minister of Social Development, Paula Bennett, has welcomed the Human Rights Tribunal finding against the Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) claim that children of beneficiaries are discriminated against because their parents do not receive the ... More >>
One In Three Maori Women On Welfare
Friday, 28 November 2008, 10:57 am | Lindsay Mitchell
Latest Ministry of Social Development figures show that one in three working-age Maori women receives a benefit. More >>
Treasury Forecasts Bode Ill For Welfare Bill
Friday, 14 November 2008, 9:31 am | Lindsay Mitchell
A Treasury report released today forecasts unemployment rising to 5.7 percent by 2010. Commenting on this prediction, welfare commentator Lindsay Mitchell said, "To put that number into perspective, last time unemployment was at that level, in September ... More >>
Prison Turns Over 3,000 Beneficiaries A Year
Friday, 31 October 2008, 11:14 am | Lindsay Mitchell
Figures released under the Official Information Act show that during 2007 2,860 beneficiaries left welfare to go to prison and 3,171 inmates left prison to go on a benefit. More >>
Invalid's Benefit - Another Blow-Out
Friday, 24 October 2008, 11:26 am | Lindsay Mitchell
Just released Ministry of Social Development figures show a large rise in Invalid Benefit recipients. More >>
DPB Numbers On The Rise Again
Friday, 24 October 2008, 11:25 am | Lindsay Mitchell
Newly released figures from the Ministry of Social Development show that over the past year numbers on the DPB have climbed from 96,673 to 98,473 - a rise of 1,800. More >>
Dumping The Dole Avoids The Bigger Issue
Friday, 17 October 2008, 9:28 am | Lindsay Mitchell
Welfare commentator Lindsay Mitchell said in response today, "While this policy has brought commendation from many quarters little analysis has been done on what it would actually achieve." More >>
Maori Teenage Birthrate Climbs Under Labour Policy
Friday, 19 September 2008, 10:11 am | Lindsay Mitchell
The Maori teenage birthrate fell by 26 percent between 1997 and 2002 before increasing by a similar amount between 2002 and 2007 according to a report released by the Ministry of Social Development this week. More >>
National's DPB Plans Gutless
Monday, 11 August 2008, 2:17 pm | Lindsay Mitchell
National's plan to deal with the huge DPB problem is tired and gutless, welfare commentator Lindsay Mitchell said responding to John Key's speech today. "If DPB recipients want to avoid work-testing when their youngest turns six there is an obvious solution. ... More >>
Families Commission Research Misleading
Thursday, 24 July 2008, 5:11 pm | Lindsay Mitchell
According to the latest Families Commission research, The Kiwi Nest, "The Domestic Purposes Benefit (DPB) was introduced in 1973, and has given single parents an income if they are not working while bringing up their children. The DPB has largely been ... More >>
Child Support Debt Just A Symptom
Thursday, 17 July 2008, 10:33 am | Lindsay Mitchell
The child support system is inherently unfair because payments are based not on what it costs to raise a child but what the liable parent earns. More >>
Work And Income Denial Ill-Informed
Friday, 13 June 2008, 11:31 am | Lindsay Mitchell
In a letter to today's Dominion Post, Work and Income Deputy chief executive, Patricia Reade, said there is no direct link between falling sickness benefit numbers and the number of people receiving an invalid's benefit. More >>
