Lindsay Mitchell

Apparently the US has a small welfare state because a majority of Americans believe that work is a determinant of success. From the NCPA; Ca...

Susan St John, champion of welfare for children, telling us half the story, Child Poverty Action Group economist Susan St John said the Bud...

Sir Bob Jones was on Good Morning TV yesterday talking about tax, the Douglas era and how Roger's reforms were 'radical' in com...

Thanks to a religious group getting involved in the 2005 election we are now lumbered with the ludicrous and unfathomable Electoral Finance ...

I am a little perturbed by this front page story from today's DomPost. Pacific Islanders' crime rates, poor education and low emplo...

Not unusually I can hear my husband loudly remarking "Silly b----h," at the TV. I know in a minute he will put his head around th...

My son is doing a social studies project to gain some NCEA credits. It involves a 6 question survey aimed at people who will be directly aff...

Labour's vision for state housing was as per the poster, The reality was described thus, Interviewer:Even as late as 1958 when Les Bai...

At last, a real plan to regain New Zealand's economic standing in the developed world. According to Radio New Zealand, The ACT Party say...

This is a late comment in response to an interview of Tariana Turia by Gordon Campbell. Never before have I heard Tariana spell it out so c...

That's what the Wall St Journal is saying our government's plan to implement an emissions trading scheme is predicated on. The cos...

One of the good aspects of life is anticipation. Optimists like setting themselves goals. Looking forward to something is often as enjoyable...

The Kiwi Party want another Royal Commission on Social Policy. We have had two Royal Commissions on Social Policy in recent times. One in t...

Larry Williams interviews Rodney Hide about ACT's new tax policy. (Interview begins at 38.20) The policy includes removing the 39c rate...

What utter hypocrites the Greens are. Jeanette Fitzsimons ; Ms Fitzsimons says Rio Tinto should have no special allowances under the emissio...

"With government controlling more and more of our economy, the fact that crooks have to go where the money is causes more and more of ...

This is for the benefit of the Libertarianz Party who had their conference at the weekend and implied ACT had no position on the anti-smack...

Naturally it has now dawned that Working For Families will discourage partnered women from the workforce. There is no consensus over whethe...

This will be interesting as it unfolds. A pharmacist on charges of supplying pseudoephedrine. Pharmacists supply pseudoephedrine every day ...