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Teenage Birth Rate Climbs Again
Friday, 16 February 2007, 3:45 pm | Lindsay Mitchell
Figures released today indicate the teenage birth rate is up again from 27.4 in 2005 to 28.4 per 1,000 15-19 year-olds in 2006. According to welfare commentator Lindsay Mitchell, "This is the fourth consecutive annual rise in the teenage birthrate and ... More >>
Minister Wrong About Sickness And Invalid Benefits
Tuesday, 13 February 2007, 4:28 pm | Lindsay Mitchell
December 2006 figures show that the numbers of people on either a sick- ness or invalid's benefit continue to grow, welfare commentator, Lindsay Mitchell said today. "Last year David Benson-Pope, the Minister for Social Development, was assuring us that ... More >>
Minister Wrong About Sickness Benefits
Tuesday, 13 February 2007, 10:48 am | Lindsay Mitchell
December 2006 figures show that the numbers of people on either a sick- ness or invalid's benefit continue to grow, welfare commentator, Lindsay Mitchell said today. More >>
Hand-Out Mentality Hurts Workers And Employers
Tuesday, 13 February 2007, 9:50 am | Lindsay Mitchell
Not only do we have Working For Families encouraging thousands of women out of the workforce, particularly from part-time jobs - now we find out Work and Income is telling workers they would be better off on a benefit. More >>
Maori Party Say DPB Part Of Their Culture
Monday, 29 January 2007, 9:56 am | Lindsay Mitchell
"It is astonishing to hear the Maori Party calling for work-for-the-dole to be made compulsory but refusing to confront what is, in fact, a much bigger problem for Maori. The DPB." More >>
Growth In Invalid's Benefit Under The Spotlight
Wednesday, 10 January 2007, 9:33 am | Lindsay Mitchell
In the 1970s around 1% of working age people were receiving a Sickness benefit, an Invalid's benefit or ACC. The percentage climbed to 5% by June 2002. So finds a new report which analyses reasons for the rapid growth of invalid benefit receipt. More >>
Growth in Invalid's Benefit Under the Spotlight
Tuesday, 9 January 2007, 3:53 pm | Lindsay Mitchell
In the 1970s around 1% of working age people were receiving a Sickness benefit, an Invalid's benefit or ACC. The percentage climbed to 5% by June 2002. So finds a new report which analyses reasons for the rapid growth of invalid benefit receipt. More >>
Drop In DPB Numbers Challenged
Monday, 18 December 2006, 1:44 pm | Lindsay Mitchell
According to Minister for Social Development, David Benson-Pope, DPB numbers have fallen below 100,000 for the first time since 1993. More >>
Teenage Benefits Passport To Long-Term Dependency
Friday, 8 December 2006, 5:11 pm | Lindsay Mitchell
Welfare commentator, Lindsay Mitchell said, " Because the Ministry of Social Development can only supply data from January 1993 the actual numbers are likely to be much higher. But the significant increase between 1999 and the present shows clearly that people ... More >>
Maori Women Four Times More Likely To Be On DPB
Monday, 27 November 2006, 4:59 pm | Lindsay Mitchell
"This is a major cause for concern, " said Lindsay Mitchell, welfare commentator. "Almost one in four Maori women aged 18-64 are currently raising children on this benefit. For non-Maori the incidence drops to one in seventeen." More >>
Benson-Pope Misleads Parliament - Mitchell
Friday, 17 November 2006, 2:22 pm | Lindsay Mitchell
Welfare commentator Lindsay Mitchell says that once again the Minister for Social Development, David Benson-Pope, has shown he does not understand his portfolio. More >>
Growth In Sickness And Invalid Benefits
Tuesday, 31 October 2006, 12:20 am | Lindsay Mitchell
Just released Ministry of Social Development figures show a further increase in the numbers of people reliant on sickness and invalid's benefits. Totalling over 123,000 the figure is now three times the number on the unemployment benefit. More >>
DPB Sleight-Of-Hand
Friday, 27 October 2006, 9:29 am | Lindsay Mitchell
Ministry of Social Development, David Benson-Pope, yesterday told National Radio host Mary Wilson, that 10,000 people moved off the DPB last month. More >>
Unemployment Low, Welfare Spending High
Wednesday, 11 October 2006, 4:51 pm | Lindsay Mitchell
Treasury has today released figures showing Welfare and Social Security spending is up again by 6.5 percent. More >>
MSD CE Blocks Information Release
Monday, 9 October 2006, 2:23 pm | Lindsay Mitchell
The Ministry of Social Development is no longer prepared to supply data unless it forms part of one of its own self-generated reports. According to welfare commentator, Lindsay Mitchell, "Previously I have encountered no difficulty in obtaining quite ... More >>
Plan For Teenage Parents Not Nearly Enough
Monday, 18 September 2006, 4:55 pm | Lindsay Mitchell
Minister for Social Development David Benson-Pope has today announced funding of $7 million for eight people to work with teenage parents because he says, "Teenage parents and their children are a high-risk group that benefit from early interventions ... More >>
Having Kids On Welfare A Growing Trend
Thursday, 31 August 2006, 3:24 pm | Lindsay Mitchell
Latest parliamentary questions have revealed that 27,219 DPB clients had added one or more children to their benefit at June 2006, according to welfare commentator Lindsay Mitchell. More >>
Sunday's Babies
Wednesday, 30 August 2006, 11:32 am | Lindsay Mitchell
Each year Statistics New Zealand releases "Facts about Fathers" to coincide with Father's Day. It tells us how many fathers will receive the "ultimate present" of a baby for Father's Day. In 2004 it was 170. This year it will be 135. More >>
NZ Fails Where US Succeeds
Thursday, 17 August 2006, 3:21 pm | Lindsay Mitchell
Lindsay Mitchell, welfare commentator said, "They are celebrating because each of the aims of reform has been realised. Child poverty has fallen, employment has increased and the rate of out-of-wedlock child-bearing has been arrested." More >>
Living Standards About More Than Income
Tuesday, 11 July 2006, 4:52 pm | Lindsay Mitchell
According to the latest Ministry of Social Development New Zealand Living Standards 2004 report the majority of sole-parent families are reliant on benefits. More >>
