Lindsay Mitchell

The welfare state is unsustainable economically, socially and morally.

Friday, May 01, 2015

Too many children continue to be born into welfare dependency

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If there is one statistic that epitomises the state of modern family under decades of benefit influence it's the following. Each year ...
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Thursday, April 30, 2015

Talking tax

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How marvellous it'd be to be talking about tax in this country instead of recurrent, senstionalised, media-driven melt-downs.   Almos...
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Wednesday, April 29, 2015

Green MP: "...social problems aren't solved one individual at a time."

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Green MP Jan Logie on what won't solve social problems like child poverty and domestic violence against women and children: It might...
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Cartoon of the Week

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From today's DomPost (no link available):
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Tuesday, April 28, 2015

Well, that makes a change

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An Auckland GP commenting on why his practice is still charging under 6's: "I hate the word free, because it's not free. I ...
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Saturday, April 25, 2015

Intervention in the "right to die" case

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The latest release from Lecretia Seales.I suppose she would have expected attempted  intervention from various interested parties but her fr...
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Thursday, April 23, 2015

Can I touch you?

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Some responses to the PM's failure to get that a waitress was not enjoying his slightly juvenile but (he thought) harmless shenanigans, ...
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Punishing smokers (of which I am not one)

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Yesterday's DomPost editorial (note the hard copy edition had a slightly different title which I allude to in my response). Editoria...
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Wednesday, April 22, 2015

Child maltreatment: MSD still making excuses for Maori

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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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