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23 Dec 2005
Crown Law is appealing the Human Rights Review Tribunal's ruling in favour of CPAG, following preliminary hearings. Read their submissions here.
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15 Sep 2005
The Human Rights Review Tribunal ruling in CPAG's favour, from the first preliminary hearing of June 2005
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30 Jun 2005
There has been no consideration given to the effects of the benefit reforms on children in the material viewed to date. We urge the Ministry to take into account the impact of any reforms on the children they will directly affect.
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27 Jun 2005
When the Crown raised several preliminary legal issues, the Office of Human Rights Proceedings prepared interlocutory submissions on CPAG's behalf.
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30 May 2005
The Office of Human Rights Proceedings agreed to represent CPAG to the Human Rights review Tribunal, and prepared a Statement of Claim outlining its case.
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31 Mar 2005
The Office of Human Rights Proceedings agreed to represent CPAG for the case, which now goes to the Human Rights Review Tribunal; this is the Crown's statement of reply to OHRP's case.
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31 Jan 2005
Not content with existing benefit cuts for sole mothers who do not name the fathers of their children, except in limited circumstances, the government is now proposing to increase the amount deducted from the benefits of these women by a further $6 per week. CPAG opposes this increase on the very simple and obvious grounds that it will cut the already meager resources available to these households, and exacerbate our already shocking child poverty figures.
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