Lindsay Mitchell

My Truth column published April 25 - May 1: Apparently the electricity market isn’t operating correctly so consumers pay too much. Like p...

The Greens are promising to repeal the Three Strikes law because it's apparently rendering punishments too severe for the level of offe...

There are always people looking for a hand-out prepared to argue that the cost to the taxpayer is "just a drop in the ocean". What...

I've only just noticed that long-time NZ Herald columnist Tapu Misa hasn't produced anything since February 2013. Is she gone burger...

In 2011 Save the Children put out a report claiming 250,000 Swedish children were living in poverty. But some Swedes didn't accept the...

My Truth column April 18-24: I’m confused but I don’t think it’s an early onset of Alzheimer’s. In the ...

This is unusual. MSD has put up a media release relating to the removal of a baby from its caregiver. I am guessing the family has gone to t...

Nobody clicks on a headline about a baby dying from 'injuries' sustained in a home incident and expects to see a lovingly cared for ...

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Something for you to think about. Who should Judith Collins select for the just-listed ministerially appointed job of Chief Families Commi...

Should New Zealand Universities be trusted disseminators of balanced information? The following is a Facts Sheet produced by the Universit...

Statistics NZ yesterday announced a new measure of under-employment to be added to existng HLFS labour market measures.  Underemploymen...

Auckland Action Against Poverty has three activists and Sue Bradford appearing in court tomorrow on trespass charges after protesting last S...

There's been quite a bit of media coverage about benefit numbers coming down. Of course, any genuine decline is good news. But some co...

With the help of Linda I've been updating the Welfare Reform website. Some news on what's happening in the UK and Australia. D...

The NZ Initiative included the following graph in this weeks Insight :

Worth a look. Heart-warming to see some academics being taken to task.

Another e-mail in-box arrival. Those my age and older will identify with 17: Deep thoughts for those who take life way too serious...

The Conservative Party is defending beneficiary freedom of choice: “Another freedom has been lost this week,” says Conservative Party Le...

My Truth column from April 4-10 A well-known journalist recently had a pop at Radio New Zealand for being too left-wing. Not being a lis...