Lindsay Mitchell

I wonder what has prompted this belated outburst from Hone Harawira ? Domestic Violence is Going Up, Not Down “Domestic violence is going up...

Here's an interesting opinion from the head of the EMA: Employers and Manufacturers Association employment services manager David Lowe ...

NZ Herald Poll 1100–1150 votes National's veto on extending paid parental leave - right or wrong? Right (62%) Wrong (33%) ...

For those interested in the next lot of reforms planned by the government have a read of the Bills Digest here written in non-legalistic la...

Media Release Tuesday, April 10, 2012 EXTENDING PAID PARENTAL LEAVE SHOULD BE REJECTED At a time when the government is struggling to get ...

(Hat-tip Eternal Vigilance )

I worked in Glasgow periodically in the 1980s so retain an interest. Headlines from The Scotsman arrive daily by e-mail. This story about ...

Is this a classic case of the left hand not knowing what the right hand is doing? Labour's policy is to introduce one year's Paid Pa...

Recorded crime is down. Here's a couple of sub-stats . In absolute terms there were 20,289 fewer recorded crimes in 2011 than in 2010. I...

Statistics New Zealand released an article yesterday that looks at how the labour market fared during the rescession. It summarises: The Ne...

I am only posting this out of mild amusement such has become the pervasiveness of the state in our lives. If you suspect you are in a dysfun...

I am off on a tangent again. Supposed to be researching another subject, I am distracted by matters Maori. This is from the 1990 New Zealand...

I know Deborah Coddington doesn't define herself as libertarian any more and this isn't a personal dig at her. But this morning she ...

The birth of Oswald's blog preceded mine by a few months in 2005. And my acquaintance with 'Oswald' preceded that. Today he has ...

Reading a story about 11 Somalian refugees living in a 4 bedroom home in Christchurch one can have sympathy for their situation, past and pr...

Rodney Hide will be taking the affirmative for Sir Doug Graham losing his knighthood and Stephen Franks the negative.

Yesterday Paula Bennett told parliament: "Last year 80,000 people went off benefits and into work. That is actually one person for ...

Sue Bradford seems to pop up all over the show wearing different hats. The last one I saw her in was BAIS (Beneficiaries Advocacy and Inform...

For a change, some welcome news from the world of politics. Credit where it's due. Well done Labour MP Maryan Street. This is a bill...