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VOTE ON THE REAL SCANDALS: INEQUALITY, POVERTY and HOUSING
Sep 15, 2017
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Media Statement For Immediate Release 15th September 2017 VOTE ON THE REAL SCANDALS: INEQUALITY, POVERTY and HOUSING Closing the Gap is urging voters to take a hard look at where the parties stand on the core issue of inequality, and not be distracted by the kind of short-lived scanda
Read MorePiecemeal policies won’t fix education inequality
Sep 05, 2017
Media Statement for Immediate Release Tuesday 5 September 2017 PIECEMEAL POLICIES WON’T FIX EDUCATION INEQUALITY A commitment to fully free education is the only way to tackle New Zealand’s high level of education inequality, the spokesperson for the income equality group Closing the
Read MoreNZ HOUSING CRISIS: GOVT TINKERS WHILE FAMILIES SUFFER
Sep 01, 2017
Media Statement for Immediate Release Tuesday 29 August 2017 NZ Housing Crisis: Government tinkers while families suffer It’s still winter, it’s still cold and there’s still too little action on housing, Peter Malcolm, spokesperson for the income equality project Closing the Gap, said
Read MoreMedia Statement: Disappointment at Labour approach to tax
Aug 28, 2017
Media Statement For Immediate Release Thursday 24 August 2017 Disappointment at Labour approach to tax, Wealthy agree tax levels should be greater The announcement by Labour yesterday regarding no changes to the income tax regime was greeted with disappointment by Closing the Gap spo
Read MoreMedia Statement: Act Now on Child Poverty
Aug 22, 2017
Media Statement For Immediate Release; 20 August 2017 ACT NOW ON CHILD POVERTY All political parties need to commit to boosting support for poorer families, especially beneficiaries with children, Peter Malcolm, spokesperson for the income equality project Closing the Gap, said today
Read MoreMedia Release: TIME TO TURN UP THE PRESSURE ON CANDIDATES
Aug 15, 2017
For Immediate Release Tuesday 15 August 2017 TIME TO TURN UP THE PRESSURE ON CANDIDATES Polls are showing that inequality is a top voter concern (Roy-Morgan and UMR Polls). The income equality group Closing the Gap is urging New Zealanders to push parties and candidates hard on inequa
Read MoreWealth disparities should make inequality reduction a priority in the budget
“The government’s budget, due later this month, must address New Zealand’s chronic wealth gap” said Peter Malcolm, spokesperson for the income inequality project, Closing the Gap. A new report, ‘Wealth Disparities in New Zealand: Final Report’ shows that 60 percent of New Zealanders h
Read MoreBudget promises unlikely to dent inequality
The Government’s social spending promises for this month’s budget are more Band-Aid than cure because they don’t tackle tough structural problems like taxation, Peter Malcolm, spokesman for the income equality project Closing the Gap, said today. Earlier this month, the governm
Read MoreGovernment must hit reset at Chile trade meeting
The post-TPPA trade meeting in Chile later this month is a chance for the government to show it has listened to its own people, who want trade deals to put their well-being first, not that of multinationals, Closing the Gap spokesman Peter Malcom said today. The TPPA died becau
Read MoreBolder measures needed to tackle housing issues
New Zealand’s housing crisis is making an already unequal society even more so, and bolder measures are needed to tackle the problem, Peter Malcolm of the income equality project Closing the Gap said today. Chronic housing unaffordability has spread from Auckland across the country, a
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