Lindsay Mitchell

Truth's site is coming together. Here's my column from Jan 17-23. Bit out-of-date now but the topic is perennial: A friend texted...

A press release about the topic of the day, prosecuting beneficiary partners, has appeared from the MINISTRY OF MEN’S AFFAIRS, MINITATANGA ...

If you ever wanted confirmation that Radio NZ, or Kathryn Ryan at least, is utterly biased listen to the difference in her treatment of the ...

National's new law that will see partner's of beneficiaries prosecuted is a good step forward. Most of the currently prosecuted fr...

Just finished reading Liberty Scott's post featuring a case of carping, chronic entitlitis when I came across this: Liberty means ...

I'm writing a belated post about this article from Sunday because there seems to be some confusion over liability. One rogue 19-year...

Around 10,000 sole parents on the DPB have had children to more than one child-support paying partner. (There will be more who have failed t...

It's hardly surprising that the Salvation Army Report, She'll  Be Right , got little media coverage. There's nothing particularl...

There are people who cycle between benefit and prison. It's highly likely that there's significant overlap between the numbers below...

Here's a classic piece of public service obfuscation contained in Corrections latest Annual Report 2011/12 :  "The profile of th...

This guy's problem isn't really unemployment - it's mental illness. If he was able to think straight he'd have worked out...

A new book about NZ's rising inequality is due to be published in May this year. It's by Wellington journalist Max Rashbrooke. He w...

I'm certain beneficiaries are discriminated against . But it isn't usually the state doing the discriminating because the law makes...

I was sent a a book of columns by Jamie Whyte, who is guest speaker at ACT's conference in a couple of weeks. The first few columns (all...

Pardon my naivety but 'life' imprisonment sounds like a very long sentence. One that should encompass the remainder of one's lif...

The Auckland Action Against Poverty group is all mouth and ... no trousers: Low MSD uptake figures confirm that the contraception progr...

Depends over which period you measure it.   Treasury fudges numbers to hide growing inequality Published: Feb...

It's never been clear to me where NZ First stands on the DPB.  Here's an indication : NZ First spokeswoman for social policy and...

I found the following from NCPA fascinating, especially that the US has the best housing affordability, so have cut and paste it for your i...

This isn't a bad message - shame about the messenger. What would your response have been as the single ACT MP holding a ministerial p...