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14 Oct 2002
The Child Tax Credit, worth a maximum of $15 per week per child, supplements Family Support payments for low income families. It is ONLY available to some low-income families and families who receive ANY part of their income from the state through a benefit (unemployment, DPB, invalids, veterans) or ACC over 3 months, NZ Super or student allowances are deemed undeserving. CPAG is challenging this legislation through the Human Rights Act, and its Amendment Act which came into force on 31 December 2001 requiring government agencies and policies to meet the same non-discriminatory standards required in the private sector. It is very much a test case, with no other well-publicised challenges of government legislation to date.
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10 Oct 2002
CPAG's initial complaint to the Human Rights Commission about the Child Tax Credit, on 10 October 2002. The complaint alleges discrimination on the basis of parental income source.
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13 Feb 2002
CPAG commented upon all four key terms of reference of the inquiry: the methodology used to determine decile rankings, the key objectives and goals of the TFEA (Targeted Funding for Educational Achievement) model, the structure and components of the TFEA model, the extent to which the TFEA model achieves its objectives.
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10 Feb 2002
As in all major social policy development in this area, the way in which children are affected must be placed at the centre. This is not the case in this bill. The impact on children is invisible.
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