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Media Release: TIME TO TURN UP THE PRESSURE ON CANDIDATES
Aug 15, 2017
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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
Read MoreMEDIA RELEASE: 8 May 2015 Time for Action on Child Poverty
May 16, 2015
Income Equality Aotearoa New Zealand Inc. ¾ Closing the Gap MEDIA RELEASE: Time for Action on Child Poverty Nobody wants New Zealand children to grow up in poverty, but few of us feel we can do much to change the situation for the one in five kids who do. Now there’s a way you can hel
Read MoreMEDIA RELEASE – 20th March 2015 – Healthy Homes and food in schools bills
The government continues to ignore inequality in New Zealand, this week shamefully defeating three bills designed to help those at the lower end of the socio-economic scale, says equality advocacy group Closing the Gap. The Healthy Homes Bill was intended to ensure that every rental h
Read MoreMEDIA RELEASE: 3 March 2015 Delighted to see politicians recognise their greed
Mar 03, 2015
Income Equality Aotearoa New Zealand Inc. Closing the Gap MEDIA RELEASE: 3 March 2015 “We are delighted to see that the politicians have recognised the greed and selfishness embodied in their initial response to their remuneration increases and are now proposing to amend the appropri
Read MoreMEDIA RELEASE: 27th February 2015 – Minimum wage and MP wages
“An increase of 3.5% in the minimum wage compared with 5.5% increase for politicians is appalling. It is another example of the wealthy looking after themselves and showing no regard for the poor” says Peter Malcolm, National Secretary of Income Equality Aotearoa NZ Inc “And the polit
Read MoreRevealed: Which parties will do the most to reduce New Zealand’s growing inequality crisis?
Sep 16, 2014
The Equality Network, a group of New Zealand organisations dedicated to reducing inequality, is today releasing a rating of political parties and their policies on tackling income gaps The ratings reveal the Greens out in front, with a rating of three stars out of a possible four, and
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