Lindsay Mitchell

The welfare state is unsustainable economically, socially and morally.

Saturday, September 06, 2008

The Press on ACT and Rodney Hide

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Can't find much wrong with this. Rodney's luck has changed. Not because he is getting a fair ride from the media. But because, with ...
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Friday, September 05, 2008

"Nats target school zoning"

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Target it for what though? Abolition? A major revamp? Neither. The answer is "tweaking". [Anne Tolley] said zoning "certainl...
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Thursday, September 04, 2008

Old dreams die hard

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In the United States, as soon as a man has acquired some education and pecuniary resources, he either endeavors to get rich by commerce or i...

The truth about Helen and the ETS

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The truth about Helen and the ETS
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Supermarkets check on cheating customers

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Wellington supermarket managers are personally door-knocking customers suspected of cheating controversial zoning rules. Managers say they a...
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Wednesday, September 03, 2008

What Helen should do to Winston

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There's a great line in this Radio New Zealand Morning Report interview with Rodney Hide.
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Australia - Dob in a child support dodger

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My comment below; Net tightens on child support evaders The Child Support Agency and the Department of Immigration and Citizenship have boos...
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False rape complaints

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The business of false rape complaints bothers me. Here is another New Zealand case that has pretty much gone unpunished. Judge Oke Blaikie ...
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Tuesday, September 02, 2008

Meeting tonight

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A very keen ACT member has organised a public meeting (with a focus on truckers) tonight at 7pm at the community room at Naenae's Olympi...
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Bad move

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(From today's Dominion Post)
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Monday, September 01, 2008

Hamilton Polling

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Electorate polls often provide an indication of what is happening at a national level. The Waikato Times has polled both Hamilton electorate...
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Friday, August 29, 2008

Campaigning

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Trevor Mallard opened at the business breakfast I attended at the Wainuiomata RSA this morning. He made hay with the just-released MSD socia...
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Thursday, August 28, 2008

Phoenetics?

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My mum is a retired teacher. She just rang me to tell me to write down the following letters; P I S S I F U C B L U This is how one of the l...

Rodney on entrepreneurship and more

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Staying on the subject of Rodney Hide I have only just come across this interview. For ACT candidates especially, have a listen. None of us...
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What has a man to do?

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Politics has got to be the most unrewarding, butt-kicking, unmanageable business there is. If it wasn't for Rodney Hide, newspaper edito...
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Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Mark to stand in Rimutaka

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Just heard on radio - Ron Mark is standing in Rimutaka. That explains why he has been turning up at the same meetings I've been at. Coul...
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Campaigning

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Last week COSS (Hutt Council of Social Services) held a candidate meeting. The coverage of meetings is always interesting. Editor of the Hut...

Douglas "talks up" flat tax

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Roger Douglas was covered by TV One news last night at a candidates meeting in Auckland "talking up" flat tax. ACT's promise ...
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Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Confirming a right to live off others

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The Australian government plans to stop welfare payments to those families whose children are truant. This has caused an angry protest from ...

Protestor packs up knitting

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Poor Mrs Allardice. After being called names and threatened by post, she has decided she won't be sitting outside the new Dannevirke bro...
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Lindsay Mitchell
Lindsay Mitchell has been researching and commenting on welfare since 2001. Many of her articles have been published in mainstream media and she has appeared on radio,tv and before select committees discussing issues relating to welfare. Lindsay is also an artist who works under commission and exhibits at Wellington, New Zealand, galleries.
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