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28 Apr 2008
Edited by Dr Susan St John and Donna Wynd, and written by a range of experts this report outlines how increasing inequalities are harmful to children and society at large - and what to do about it. Download the executive summary here, or write to admin@cpag.org.nz to request a copy of the full report (~180pages). Suggested purchase price is $25 - for those able to afford it. Most important is that our information gets to where it needs to go!
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31 Jan 2008
Donna Wynd says coming to grips with some of the larger economic forces to which your family will be subject over the next year can be daunting. She gives some pointers on what to look out for in 2008.
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8 Jan 2008
Rotorua People's Advocacy Centre's new report finds that sole parents are often in relative poverty and have real difficulty getting a good work life balance whether they are in paid work or not. It calls for less punitive abatement rates of benefits.
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31 Aug 2007
In the European Journal of Social Security, Susan St John and others show ways in which policy can protect populations against child poverty. "The idea that child poverty is unacceptable enjoys strong support, yet progress is at best slow if there is any at all," the Journal finds. Read the introduction by Sinfield and Pedersen here. Order copies of the Journal V.8 #3, Sept 2006, from www.intersentia.com
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18 Jun 2007
Will you be better off with Kiwisaver? Only if you don't need the money now to pay off debt or feed the family. And the more you earn the more you can get. Think of it as redistribution up the income ladder, writes CPAG's Donna Wynd in the Workers Charter.
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17 May 2007
Dr Susan St John shows how measures to lift children out of poverty could have taken top priority in Budget 07 - as published in the NZ Herald.
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26 Mar 2007
CPAG supports full repeal of Section 59 of the Crimes Act, because it currently provides a legal defense for assaults on children which is not available for assaults on adults. Children deserve equal protection under the law. Download supporters flyer here.
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22 Mar 2007
Donna Wynd evaluates the National Party's new-found concern for the poor in the latest edition of the Workers Charter - and finds evidence of a prevailing idea in John Key's party that "governments can’t do anything right, and the private sector can’t do anything wrong."
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20 Feb 2007
Read a range of responses to last week's Innocenti report on child wellbeing in the OECD.
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9 Feb 2007
CPAG research analyst Donna Wynd casts an eye on inflation to Dec 2006, and considers the implications for families on low incomes.
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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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