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11 Nov 2008
The percentage of city dwellers in potential energy poverty has doubled since 2001. The Domestic Energy Users Network ecommends elimination of energy poverty in New Zealand through a combination of crisis payments to the most vulnerable home energy consumers and fairer electricity and gas tariffs, plus a long-term programme of home energy retrofits.
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17 Oct 2008
This CPAG submission provides feedback to government on its draft report on progress towards meeting its obligations under the Convention.
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25 Aug 2008
CPAGâs third submission on this Bill (see also Feb and May 2008) urges the Government to ensure the proposed legislation has a positive impact on low-income and vulnerable families and their children, and protects against unnecessary and avoidable consumer hardship and risk
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15 Aug 2008
CPAG makes suggestions for the amendment of the current bill to more effectively limit alcohol-related harm in our communities.
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4 Jul 2008
For reasons of equity Child Poverty Action Group does not support proposals to introduce income splitting as a means of assisting families with the costs of raising children. With the greatest benefits going to those on the highest incomes CPAG believes income splitting's cost and complexity cannot be justified.
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16 May 2008
Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) encourages the Finance and Expenditure committee to consider the impact of this Bill and the associated policies on low income and vulnerable families and their children.
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24 Feb 2008
CPAG presents ways to improve consumer protection in the financial sector - the lack of which must carry a share of the blame for the worsening economic position of children.
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18 Feb 2008
There is now an opportunity to further change the environment in which smoking occurs through banning retail display stands of tobacco. Smoking disproportionately affects the most disadvantaged groups in society.
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4 Feb 2008
CPAG outlines some ways in which tax cuts could actually benefit the poor: There is an urgent need to reform the income tax structure to make it more progressive. Tax reform needs to redistribute the tax burden, rather than reducing the overall tax burden, which is not high by OECD standards.
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