Lindsay Mitchell

The welfare state is unsustainable economically, socially and morally.

Wednesday, February 02, 2022

Underneath the official unemployment rate announced today

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Unemployment is now at 3.2 percent. Wow. Wonderful. Can I think of another word beginning with 'W'? Weird. The percentage of people...
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The age of anxiety

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 Not a worrier by nature I note with a degree of objectivity that the human brain is now constantly assaulted by messages designed to make p...
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Sunday, January 30, 2022

When words say so much

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 According to RNZ the PM is a covid close contact and has to isolate. The following sentence made me laugh: In line with Ministry of Healt...
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Friday, January 28, 2022

A sample of the protestors

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312 responded. Margin of error plus or minus 4.6% Most aged over 41 Labour was the most common vote at last election Maori representation al...
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Monday, January 24, 2022

Bizarre new world

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The term 'pod' applied to human beings first made itself known to me when I was 'inducted' (as a volunteer) into Rimutaka pr...
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Thursday, January 20, 2022

How does this claim stack up?

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 Some more background on this claim from the MSD Minister today would be useful: "People on a benefit for 1-2 years and four years or ...
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Friday, January 14, 2022

Eradicating 'NZ' from the public service lexicon?

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This is bad news in my book. MSD has always used 'prioritised ethnicity' recording. If a client records they are Maori and other et...
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Thursday, January 13, 2022

Gangs: We get what we pay for

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In 2016 the government provided you, the public, with a valuable insight into what gangs are costing us. When I went searching for an update...
Sunday, January 09, 2022

Vaccine efficacy in NSW

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The stuff that floats around the internet, the endless links people send to me, the conflicting reports, well, it overwhelms me. I read Paul...
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Saturday, January 01, 2022

"2020: Millennial Fetal Contentment"

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I've stolen the following from Anarchist History of New Zealand  because it intrigues me. And Rick has more to say than I do on the firs...
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Thursday, December 30, 2021

Control what you can

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At 20 you feel as if life goes on forever. At 60 plus you are keenly aware that it does not. It thoroughly disturbs me that so many young pe...
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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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