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1 Dec 2006
Barbara Pocock, Director of the Centre for Work + Life SA, argues that 'work-care' chains are the basis of current prosperity - but these are being undermined as we increase our attachment to work at the cost of care.
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23 Nov 2006
Diane Robertson says too many families' budgets allow only $11 per week, per person, for food. Improvements and changes need to be made to the economic and political system that has led to the growth of poverty and food banks.
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2 Sep 2006
A range of organisations spoke out against the way in which our country's numberous pokie machines suck much-needed money, with ruthless efficiency, out of low income areas to those better off. Children inevitably pay the price...
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1 Sep 2006
"If you've been listening to the good economic news of the last few years and thinking 'how come I'm still struggling?' then this report confirms what you suspected. The poor got poorer, even as the economy grew at its fastest rate for years." A brief summary of the 2006 Living Standards Report prepared by CPAG for the Workers Charter.
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10 Aug 2006
In a new article CPAG Economist Dr Susan St John says the latest government research shows more families are sinking without a life raft.
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28 Jul 2006
Some of our poorest children miss out on important new support given by the Working for Families package. A new CPAG paper looks at their living standards today and shows how we need to do better.
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13 Jul 2006
Transcript of a Radio New Zealand interview with Auckland City Missioner Diane Robertson and solo mum Tina, on new findings about NZ families with low living standards.
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20 May 2006
ASB Chief Economist Anthony Byett told CPAG's Budget Breakfast that the government's current approach is leaving a an estimated 175,000 children in a parlous state.
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12 May 2006
Read more about how Working for Families is not working for some Kiwi families in a new Child Poverty Action Group series.
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12 May 2006
Read more about how Working for Families is not working for some Kiwi families in a new Child Poverty Action Group series.
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12 May 2006
Read more about how Working for Families is not working for some Kiwi families in a new Child Poverty Action Group series.
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12 May 2006
Read more about how Working for Families is not working for some Kiwi families in a new Child Poverty Action Group series.
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3 May 2006
Kate Green, CEO of Child Poverty Action Group UK, argues in a new article that policy needs renewed emphasis on welfare rights and delivery of entitlements, if child poverty is to be halved there by 2010 as promised by the Blair government.
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1 May 2006
The UK's Fabian Society argues in a new article that the life chances framework is a coherent and powerful tool for child advocates concerned about poverty.
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25 Apr 2006
Prof Jane Kelsey argues Susan St John is right: Labourâs Working for Families fails too many families
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31 Mar 2006
Polly Toynbee argues in the UK's Guardian newspaper that "when people hear the reality of poor children's lives, and realise that it doesn't have to be this way, they want change."
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30 Mar 2006
Working for Families continues to be great news for many low income families. Once fully implemented in 2007 there will be an extra $1.6 billion per annum for low income children after years of neglect. But, while the government can rightly take the credit for the improvement in child poverty this will bring, once more the worst-off among poor children have been left out.
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