Lindsay Mitchell

The welfare state is unsustainable economically, socially and morally.

Thursday, November 21, 2024

Sharp departure in child poverty approach

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Released today, the government's new Child and Youth Strategy might, at first glance, look like a rehash of Jacinda Ardern's ...
Tuesday, October 22, 2024

Needless attack on government directive by public health academics

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In September 2024 the government issued a directive to government agencies not to prioritise services on the basis of race. Shortly ...
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Wednesday, September 25, 2024

Is social investment the new panacea?

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There are individuals born in NZ who will, over their lifetimes, cost the taxpayer hundreds of thousands of dollars in welfare, child protec...
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Wednesday, September 11, 2024

Wellington takes a hammering (though it's not evident from MSD's calculations)

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My blog posts often result from a question popping into my head. In this case, given all the gloom and doom around public servant lay-offs i...
Thursday, August 29, 2024

The child poverty conundrum

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 The Child Poverty Report 2024 has just been published. It's an overview and selected findings, as opposed to a full repo...
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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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