Lindsay Mitchell

One of the neglected aspects of raising minimum and public service wages is the effect that will have on average wages, and as a consequence...

From Scoop: In the run up to the general election Race Relations Commissioner Dame Susan Devoy is urging politicians to “do the right thi...

OIA requests to the Ministry of Social Development are now never met within the required maximum  20 working day time limit. A notification...

There have been weaknesses in the welfare reform results. The educational achievements of those on the Youth Payment are mixed . Yet las...

The number of liable parents paying the minimum amount of child support - currently $16.77 weekly - has risen from 59,536 at April, 2009 to ...

From a US survey of 2,000 American adults under 30. Millennials distrust political parties and are largely socially liberal but fiscall...

The Otago Daily Times has a piece written 100 years ago. Note the difference in tenor: It is well that cases of pitiable povert...

The NZ Herald headline says, "Labour slumps to 15 year low". Labour's support has slumped to its worst rating for 15 year...

Susn St John and Claire Dale, generally known as advocates for the Child Poverty Action Group,  had a piece in yesterday's NZ Herald a...

Generally I find accusations of 'misogynism'  paranoid, over-reactions. So when I read this recent  release I went looking: ...

Not such good news for National. In October 2012 a policy to discourage beneficiaries from adding children to an existing benefit was ...

A surprising and positive response to my Listener article came from a local man who is probably politically on the other side of the fence (...

Here's an update on US welfare numbers (as separate from unemployment or disability benefits). Since the welfare reforms, which largely...

Last week Sean Plunket was discussing the case of the student with overlong hair and what it had cost his school in court. A principal ran...

The Feminist News carried an article about poverty in the US. The 77 million Americans who live in poverty areas - defined as an area...