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Graph of the day 27 Aug 2013 | 01:21 pm
The graph below shows how many of the 1993 birth cohort who spent time on a benefit (41,000) became known to CYF and later to youth justice by age 17. For context the total birth cohort for 1993 was ...
Cunliffe crying crocodile tears 26 Aug 2013 | 02:13 pm
I'm listening to David Cunliffe's slightly hysterical state of the nation speech as he declares his bid for the Labour leadership. In amongst the many pleas to the inferior state of affairs under Nat...
Lovers aren't the only ones who give second chances 25 Aug 2013 | 02:04 am
Michael Laws writes about the car-boot victim who has forgiven the car-boot offender. Three months ago she was placed in the boot of her new car by her deranged, drugged boyfriend - fell out - and wa...
Regarding Labour's US-style 'primary' 24 Aug 2013 | 04:28 am
Over the years, more than once, the suggestion has been made that ACT's US-style 'primary' of 2004 destroyed it, albeit the subsequent death was protracted and the party still clings to life by a thre...
More battles being won to the end to the war on drugs 24 Aug 2013 | 02:04 am
This article contains good news and is well worth the read for those against the war on drugs: Is it the thin end of the wedge for a policy shift in America's war on drugs? The announcement last wee...
Two murders 23 Aug 2013 | 12:14 am
Jackson St, Petone has become increasingly gentrified with many more apartments and boutique shops. But down the east end isn't a particularly pleasant place. That's probably where last night's murde...
Unintended consequences and crystal balls 21 Aug 2013 | 12:58 am
In NZ the de-institutionalisation of mentally ill people happened through the late 1980s and into the 1990s. I'm certain that the thinking behind this development was well-intended and not purely econ...
Child safety takes precedence over whanau-first 20 Aug 2013 | 01:55 pm
It doesn't always make sense to me how Ministers manage news releases. Here's the latest from Paula Bennett. It kicks off with another innovative idea: KiwiSaver for kids in care Social Development M...
Welfare in the US today - two views 20 Aug 2013 | 01:05 am
A just-released report from Cato, who have been responsible for much of the welfare analysis that led to the eventual 1996 reforms finds: The current welfare system provides such a high level of bene...
Welfare versus tax debt 19 Aug 2013 | 01:24 am
Victoria University last week published research which compared tax debt to welfare debt and concluded that, “The more punitive approach to managing the debts of welfare recipients appears to reflect...
