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Susan St JohnMy personal mission is to encourage informed debate on the reform of the welfare state for the 21st century
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What is the real crisis: public debt, or private destitution along with rampant child poverty?
It is revealing to see the list of the top ten issues for Budget 2026
Child poverty reduction, once a top agenda item does not make any of the top ten.
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We are not broke: it is time to talk about the bogeyman of government’s debt
The budget is coming up. We have surplus capacity and damaging levels of unemployment- yet there is a widespread belief that there is no alternative to austerity. In the last substack, I discussed the fallacy of aiming to lower government s...
The 2026 budget is coming up all too quickly.
All the signs are that the government intends to continue its austerity policies. This means reducing government spending as much as possible to reduce the budget deficit and accumulation of debt.
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We need to talk about the IWTC.
The upside to the debacle of the fuel crisis package is the huge public reaction to the highly discriminatory nature of the $50 a week extra paid through the In-Work Tax Credit (IWTC) to selected families only.
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Time to reset both the economy and income support. Will New Zealand grasp the opportunity?
Nichola Willis said on TV this Sunday night that cabinet is looking at an emergency package to help low and middle income ‘working’ families. She is clearly unaware of the bias that statement displays. Does she think families who, in increa...
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Susan St John PhD QSO CNZM. Independent Policy Analyst. Currently an Honorary Associate Professor working in the Pensions and Intergenerational Equity hub of the Auckland Business School’s Economic Policy Centre.
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