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Govt Keeps Maori Dependent On Welfare
Tuesday, 22 November 2005, 4:51 pm | Lindsay Mitchell
In his maiden speech in Parliament today Maori Party MP, Hone Harawira said, "Government keeps us dependent on welfare." While she has some sympathy for this viewpoint, in so much as the government makes benefits too easy to get on and too easy to stay ... More >>
Ministry Says Work-Test Sole Parents
Thursday, 17 November 2005, 2:57 pm | Lindsay Mitchell
The Ministry of Social Development's briefing to the incoming Minister, David Benson-Pope has suggested a return to part-time work-testing for sole parents. More >>
Benefit Dependency Rates
Thursday, 10 November 2005, 5:39 pm | Lindsay Mitchell
While the Household Labour Force Survey unemployment rate has dropped again there is a significant section of the population which remains largely unaffected. More >>
'Shit Happens' Says Maharey
Friday, 4 November 2005, 9:52 am | Lindsay Mitchell
It has now been revealed that the Families Commission paid out a total of almost $100,000 to their former CEO, Claire Austin. Ms Austin completed only three months work before conflict over governance and policy matters led to her departure earlier ... More >>
One-Parent Families To Reach Quarter Million Mark
Thursday, 27 October 2005, 4:01 pm | Lindsay Mitchell
Projections released by Statistics New Zealand today show that one- parent families with children will number over 250,000 by 2021, according to Lindsay Mitchell, petitioner for a Parliamentary review of the DPB. More >>
Trailing the World in Welfare Reform
Wednesday, 26 October 2005, 3:58 pm | Lindsay Mitchell
Two countries that New Zealand likes to compare itself to, Australia and the United Kingdom, are acting on their growing concerns about the huge number of working-age people who rely on the state for their income. More >>
Katrina Puts Poverty Back On The Agenda
Tuesday, 11 October 2005, 1:55 pm | Lindsay Mitchell
A recent report in the Investor's Business Daily says poverty is a class issue; not one of race. Prompted by the tragedy of hurricane Katrina, it describes how those left behind in New Orleans were not only largely black and poor; they were largely ... More >>
Mixed News On DPB
Thursday, 21 July 2005, 7:56 pm | Lindsay Mitchell
Benefit figures released today show varying Domestic Purposes Benefit trends, according to Lindsay Mitchell, petitioner for a Parliamentary review of the DPB. More >>
Taxpayers Should Be Viewed As 'Clients'
Monday, 16 May 2005, 2:33 pm | Lindsay Mitchell
A study released today by the New Zealand Business Roundtable suggests the government's Working For Families package will fail to achieve its stated goals - not least of which is to encourage more beneficiaries into work. More >>
NZ Sole Mothers - Second Lowest Employment Rate
Tuesday, 26 April 2005, 11:54 am | Lindsay Mitchell
A forthcoming Treasury paper, Labour Force Participation of Women In New Zealand, will show that New Zealand sole mothers have the second lowest employment rate out of eighteen developed nations. Only Australia fares worse. More >>
Maharey All Talk
Wednesday, 6 April 2005, 10:25 am | Lindsay Mitchell
During the debate on the Social Security (Social Assistance) Amendment Bill, Minister of Social Development, Steve Maharey, said in Parliament today, "Men must support their children financially and emotionally throughout their lives. They must not ... More >>
DPB Expenditure Hits All-Time High
Tuesday, 5 April 2005, 12:52 am | Lindsay Mitchell
The Ministry of Social Development has just released it's 2003/2004 Statistical Report which shows that expenditure on the DPB is higher than ever before. More >>
Way To Go, Steve
Wednesday, 23 March 2005, 4:02 pm | Lindsay Mitchell
Social Development and Employment Minister, Steve Maharey, has just announced that Work and Income have, through their Industry Partnerships programme, moved 516 beneficiaries into work over nine months. More >>
Brash Watered-Down Again
Monday, 21 March 2005, 2:29 pm | Lindsay Mitchell
National leader Don Brash is saying that New Zealand needs National to fix welfare. More >>
Support For Single Parents To Return To Work
Monday, 28 February 2005, 9:38 am | Lindsay Mitchell
A recently published One News Colmar Brunton poll showed strong support for moves to get solo mothers back into the workforce. More >>
Changes To Benefit System Bad Move
Tuesday, 22 February 2005, 10:59 am | Lindsay Mitchell
The government's plan to introduce one single benefit is par for the course - if you can't solve a problem, bury it. More >>
Multiple Stays On DPB Accumulate
Wednesday, 2 February 2005, 9:34 am | Lindsay Mitchell
The number of people who have been on the DPB or emergency maintenance allowance more than once since 1993 is almost 44,000, according to Lindsay Mitchell, petitioner for a Parliamentary review of the DPB. More >>
United Future's Brain-Child A Dud
Thursday, 27 January 2005, 10:21 am | Lindsay Mitchell
Rajen Prasad, Chief Commissioner of the Families Commission, yesterday attacked Don Brash's Orewa speech with an ill-informed defence of the domestic purposes benefit, according to Lindsay Mitchell, petitioner for a Parliamentary review of the DPB. More >>
Stop Covering Up, Steve
Thursday, 27 January 2005, 10:19 am | Lindsay Mitchell
Petitioner for a Parliamentary review of the DPB, Lindsay Mitchell, today appealed to the Minister of Social Development, Steve Maharey to stop abusing the public's trust in him. She said that, in reacting to Don Brash's Orewa speech, Maharey had ... More >>
Brash Right - Maharey Denies Reality
Wednesday, 26 January 2005, 8:56 am | Lindsay Mitchell
Minister of Social Development and Employment, Steve Maharey, says Don Brash's claim that people keep adding to their families while on a benefit is wrong because the majority had only recently signed onto the DPB when they gave birth. More >>
