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More Mistakes From Welfare Ministers
Thursday, 20 January 2005, 8:22 am | Lindsay Mitchell
Steve Maharey and Rick Barker, respectively Minister and Associate Minister for Social Development and Employment, ought to sort their stories out, Lindsay Mitchell, petitioner for a Parliamentary review of the DPB said today, after figures released contradicted ... More >>
CPAG Reject Personal Responsibility
Thursday, 6 January 2005, 9:20 am | Lindsay Mitchell
Yesterday, the Child Poverty Action Group rejected "personal responsibility" to advocate for the "principle of collective responsibility for the children of Aotearoa." More >>
Welfare Dependency Still Rife
Thursday, 16 December 2004, 12:53 am | Lindsay Mitchell
Steve Maharey's claim today that 3.8 percent unemployment is "hardly welfare dependency" is a cover-up, said Lindsay Mitchell, petitioner for a Parliamentary review of the DPB. More >>
More Children Relying On Incapacity Benefits
Tuesday, 14 December 2004, 9:28 am | Lindsay Mitchell
Social Development Minister Steve Maharey said today that New Zealand is making "tremendous progress in addressing child poverty". More >>
Cut Price Kids A Choice
Monday, 15 November 2004, 11:29 am | Lindsay Mitchell
The Child Poverty Action group has lobbed a grenade into the Labour Party Conference with their criticism of the government's failure to address the growing problem of child poverty. More >>
Rick Barker - Naysayer And Pc Apologist
Wednesday, 10 November 2004, 12:08 am | Lindsay Mitchell
According to Rick Barker, Associate Minister of Social Development and Employment, women do not see having more children on the DPB as a lifestyle choice, despite over 20,000 having done just that. He told today's DomPost, "People who need a domestic ... More >>
Benefit Expenditure Hits All-Time High
Tuesday, 9 November 2004, 3:14 pm | Lindsay Mitchell
Despite unemployment being at a seventeen-year low, overall spending on cash benefits has reached an all-time high of $13.362 billion. Expenditure on sickness and invalid benefits has doubled, as has spending on the accommodation supplement. More >>
Maori Teenage Birthrate Is A Problem
Monday, 8 November 2004, 10:52 am | Lindsay Mitchell
Maori Party leader, Tariana Turia, believes the Maori teenage fertility rate isn't a problem but not everyone agrees with her. More >>
Baloney, Bradford!
Wednesday, 27 October 2004, 4:43 pm | Lindsay Mitchell
Green MP, Sue Bradford, commenting on an OECD report recommending a cut to the DPB rate, said today, "The OECD report is a disgrace. There’s no evidence at all that solo parents lack the will to find work.” More >>
Growth In Benefits Outstrips Population Increase
Friday, 22 October 2004, 1:19 pm | Lindsay Mitchell
The number of working age people on benefits other than unemployment continues to grow faster than the general population, according to Lindsay Mitchell, petitioner for a Parliamentary review of the DPB. More >>
Child Poverty And Unsafe Sex
Wednesday, 13 October 2004, 10:43 am | Lindsay Mitchell
The Child Poverty Action Group is today calling on the government to take immediate steps to eliminate child poverty while simultaneously, the Durex Global Sex Survey has revealed more than half of New Zealand women are practising unsafe sex, despite ... More >>
It's Called Pseudo-Success, Steve
Monday, 4 October 2004, 1:26 pm | Lindsay Mitchell
According to Steve Maharey, Minister of Social Development and Employment, the number of sole parents on the DPB is down, and Labour's 'new approach is delivering results'. More >>
'Penalty' A Hoax
Thursday, 9 September 2004, 10:50 am | Lindsay Mitchell
According to the the Ministry of Social Development, the penalty on sole parents who refuse to name the father of their child will rise by $6 from July next year. However, the family support component of their benefit will rise by a minimum of ... More >>
Father's Day Feel-Good 'Fact' Misleads
Thursday, 2 September 2004, 1:56 pm | Lindsay Mitchell
A baby will be a Father's Day present for an estimated 170 men this year, according to latest figures from Statistics New Zealand. More >>
Statistics NZ Project More One Parent Families
Monday, 30 August 2004, 8:58 am | Lindsay Mitchell
"Statistics New Zealand have just released their family and household projections for up to 2021," said Lindsay Mitchell, petitioner for a Parliamentary review of the DPB. More >>
Unemployment Rises For Sole Parents
Tuesday, 10 August 2004, 4:28 pm | Lindsay Mitchell
Today's Household Labour Force Survey shows that unemployment amongst single parents with dependent children continues to grow. Fifty two percent of these families have no employment. "This is the highest level since the June quarter 2000, " said Lindsay ... More >>
DPB Holds Back GDP
Tuesday, 27 July 2004, 10:12 am | Lindsay Mitchell
New Zealand must reform welfare if it wants to lift our GDP per capita rate, said Lindsay Mitchell, petitioner for a parliamentary review of the DPB, commenting on a working paper recently released by Treasury. More >>
More Maori Children On Welfare
Wednesday, 14 July 2004, 11:37 am | Lindsay Mitchell
Children with Maori parents on a benefit now outnumber children with parents from any other ethnic group on a benefit. More >>
More Maori Children On Welfare
Wednesday, 14 July 2004, 12:34 am | Lindsay Mitchell
Children with Maori parents on a benefit now outnumber children with parents from any other ethnic group on a benefit. More >>
Ministry Data Shows Sharp Increase In Dpb Numbers
Wednesday, 7 July 2004, 2:00 pm | Lindsay Mitchell
Answers to United Future's Parliamentary Question 2899 show that 119,293 people were receiving the DPB at July 1, 2004 More >>
