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Andrew Gawith: Policy on welfare in need of inspiration
A flat tax could create a system that benefits everyone, says Andrew Gawith
Quake-support packages needed for more than 20,000
Applications for financial support following last week's deadly Christchurch quake are flooding in.
Massive welfare overhaul proposed
Mothers with young babies and sick and disabled people on benefits would be forced to look for work under a proposed overhaul of NZ's welfare system, which would see all benefits replaced by a 'jobseeker payment'.
Key: Work-testing when child three makes sense
Prime Minister John Key says he is open to work-testing beneficiaries when their youngest child turns three.
Govt rules out cutting the dole
The Government won't consider reductions to main benefit levels including the sickness, invalid's, unemployment and domestic purposes benefits as part of any welfare overhaul recommended by the Welfare Working Group tomorrow.
GPs develop plan to get invalids off benefit
A consortium of North Shore doctors has a radical proposal to use health professionals to help sickness and invalid beneficiaries back to work.
Key 'disconnected' from average Kiwis - homeless coalition
John Key has been accused of being disconnected after saying that beneficiaries who resort to food banks do so out of their own "poor choices".
Food parcel families made poor choices, says Key
John Key says beneficiaries who resort to food banks do so out of their own "poor choices" rather than because they cannot afford food.
Solo mother's plea for help over eviction
A solo mother of three children has been given 90 days notice by her landlord and Housing NZ won't open her file for two months.
Labour: We will extend paid parental leave period
Labour is promising to extend paid parental leave and make Working for Families more generous for parents of under-2s.