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How Big is this Problem?
Thursday, 6 July 2006, 2:53 pm | Lindsay Mitchell
New Zealanders are anxious. How big is the problem of child maltreatment and neglect? How common is the environment the Kahui twins were taken home to? What role have benefits played in this and other tragedies? More >>
Teenage Parenthood Traps Maori
Tuesday, 27 June 2006, 3:39 pm | Lindsay Mitchell
According to welfare commentator, Lindsay Mitchell, the majority of single parents who have been on a benefit since their teens are Maori. More >>
Cross Party Talk Must Look at DPB
Tuesday, 27 June 2006, 12:53 am | Lindsay Mitchell
In 2001 a petition calling for a Parliamentary review of the DPB was circulated around New Zealand. Signatures were not easy to gather. Collectors typically found that many people had a friend or relative relying on this benefit and, although concerned ... More >>
Contemplating Pregnancy on a Benefit
Monday, 19 June 2006, 4:33 pm | Lindsay Mitchell
The New Zealand Medical Association deputy chairman, Don Simmers, today said that too many women are contemplating pregnancy on a benefit. More >>
Maori Party Must Refocus
Thursday, 1 June 2006, 2:48 pm | Lindsay Mitchell
The Maori Party is using unemployment percentages in the East Coast, Bay of Plenty and Northland to highlight disparities between Maori and non-Maori. Welfare commentator, Lindsay Mitchell, explains why this approach is misleading. More >>
Minister Relying on Guesswork
Wednesday, 24 May 2006, 2:57 pm | Lindsay Mitchell
According to Minister for Social Development, David Benson-Pope, a family support telephone pilot is helping one in four Bay of Plenty families. More >>
DPB Campaign Broadens
Wednesday, 24 May 2006, 1:55 pm | Lindsay Mitchell
Lindsay Mitchell has been campaigning against the DPB since 2001. Her articles and letters have been published widely and she has appeared on radio and TV. More >>
Cpag Not Acting In Best Interests Of Children
Thursday, 18 May 2006, 4:53 pm | Lindsay Mitchell
"It is bad news for children that the Child Poverty Action Group has today won the right to take the government to court over what it calls a 'discriminatory' In Work payment, " Lindsay Mitchell anti-DPB campaigner said. More >>
Govt Admits High Rate of Non-Working Homes
Thursday, 27 April 2006, 1:10 pm | Lindsay Mitchell
According to a cabinet paper released today, "The New Zealand economy has enjoyed more than a decade of strong expansion. Today New Zealand has the lowest unemployment rate in the OECD. Yet despite low unemployment, more than 13% of households have ... More >>
Quick Fix Remedy the Wrong One
Thursday, 20 April 2006, 3:36 pm | Lindsay Mitchell
The last two days have seen a concerted effort by various groups to pressure the government into putting more cash into the homes of beneficiary children; the Child Poverty Action Group, the Home and Family Society, Dr Cass Byrnes and the Maori Party ... More >>
Single Benefit Dropped?
Monday, 3 April 2006, 2:10 pm | Lindsay Mitchell
According to Lindsay Mitchell, petitioner for a Parliamentary review of the DPB, in an interview just published by the Jobs Letter, the Minister of Social Development, David Benson-Pope, was asked what progress was being made on a core benefit structure. More >>
The Size and Nature of the Welfare Problem
Wednesday, 22 March 2006, 1:27 pm | Lindsay Mitchell
According to population estimates there are approximately 546,000 New Zealand families with dependent children. Around one in five is dependent on welfare. A legitimate question is, how many of those welfare families have children at risk of poor health ... More >>
Debt Levels Higher On DPB
Wednesday, 15 March 2006, 9:33 am | Lindsay Mitchell
Figures released under the Official Information Act show 62,500 DPB beneficiaries owe money to WINZ, according to Lindsay Mitchell, petitioner for a Parliamentary review of the DPB. More >>
Debt Levels Higher on DPB
Tuesday, 14 March 2006, 3:08 pm | Lindsay Mitchell
Figures released under the Official Information Act show 62,500 DPB beneficiaries owe money to WINZ, according to Lindsay Mitchell, petitioner for a Parliamentary review of the DPB. More >>
The Underclass Isn't Stupid
Thursday, 9 March 2006, 12:07 am | Lindsay Mitchell
An attitude prevails in New Zealand that poor and uneducated people need our sympathy, indulgence and money. What is actually a patronising impulse masquerades as 'compassion'. Those who don't share it should jolly well be ashamed of themselves. More >>
Kids at School, Still on Benefit
Friday, 24 February 2006, 9:31 am | Lindsay Mitchell
45,600 single parents with school-age children only, have no other source of income than a benefit. More >>
Auckland Defies DPB Drop
Wednesday, 1 February 2006, 4:54 pm | Lindsay Mitchell
December 2005 figures released by the Ministry of Social Development today, show an overdue but welcome drop in DPB numbers. More >>
Number of one-parent families up by 23 percent
Wednesday, 25 January 2006, 1:37 pm | Lindsay Mitchell
The number of one-parent families with dependent children has risen by 23 percent in the last decade, according to Lindsay Mitchell, petitioner for a Parliamentary review of the DPB. More >>
Minister And Ministry At Odds
Thursday, 8 December 2005, 1:02 pm | Lindsay Mitchell
The Ministry of Social Development yesterday confirmed they are working on proposals to re-introduce work-testing for sole parents, according to Lindsay Mitchell, petitioner for a Parliamentary review of the DPB. More >>
Why the CPAG Should Lose in Court
Monday, 28 November 2005, 1:10 pm | Lindsay Mitchell
The Child Poverty Action Group is taking the government to court for discriminating against the children of beneficiaries. They want the existing child tax credit, soon to be replaced by the new in-work payment, to be extended to families on benefits ... More >>
