Lindsay Mitchell

The welfare state is unsustainable economically, socially and morally.

Thursday, February 08, 2024

Labour hid developing welfare crisis

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When National became government in 2008, Finance Minister Bill English's determination to understand the extent of benefit-dependency le...
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Monday, February 05, 2024

A terrible trend in desperate need of turning

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When did you last read a headline in MSM about more children being raised on welfare? Yet latest Ministry of Social Development ...
Wednesday, January 31, 2024

Nobody's Child

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On the face of it I have some sympathy for Mr Singh who claims to have worked hard in prison to turn his life around and has passed drug t...
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Wednesday, January 24, 2024

The danger of the Treaty debate wearing us down

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Screeds have been written about the Treaty of Waitangi. And there's more to come as division over race and rights ramps up. Its content ...
Tuesday, January 02, 2024

Cracking down hard ... on people with hangovers

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A sneaking suspicion is crawling up my spine. In a reaction to ram-raiding (which has now morphed into aggravated angle-grinding); to cold-b...
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Thursday, December 07, 2023

Oh, the irony

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Appointed by new Labour PM Jacinda Ardern in 2018, Cindy Kiro headed the Welfare Expert Advisory Group (WEAG) tasked with reviewing and reco...
Saturday, November 25, 2023

Oranga Tamariki faces major upheaval under coalition agreement

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A hugely significant gain for ACT is somewhat camouflaged by legislative jargon. Under the heading 'Oranga Tamariki' ACT's coali...
Tuesday, November 14, 2023

On the 50th anniversary of the DPB

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The Domestic Purposes Benefit has been variously described as a “disaster” (David McLoughlin 1995), an “economic lifeline” (Jane Kelsey 1995...
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Thursday, November 02, 2023

Infant deaths are not a fait accompli

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STUFF claims a letter was dropped off anonymously to the organization detailing deaths of 57 children since Oranga Tamariki came into being ...
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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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