Lindsay Mitchell
Lindsay Mitchell is a Research Fellow for the Institute for Liberal Values. In 2001, she launched a campaign calling for a review of the DPB. She has since been contacted by many people who have told her stories that reveal the many ways in which the welfare system is being exploited.
Her petition for a Parliamentary review of the DPB is available online, as well as a list of frequently asked questions.
Articles by Lindsay Mitchell:
- "Blitz" On DPB More Urgent by Lindsay Mitchell
- "Shit Happens" Says Maharey by Lindsay Mitchell
- "The State Of The Family" A Load Of Rubbish by Lindsay Mitchell
- 'De Facto' Definition Dangerous by Lindsay Mitchell
- 'Penalty' A Hoax by Lindsay Mitchell
- A Reality Check on Welfare Spending by Lindsay Mitchell
- An Astonishing Admission by Lindsay Mitchell
- An Independent Commissioner? by Lindsay Mitchell
- Another Ineffectual Maharey Move by Lindsay Mitchell
- Are Parents Choosing Welfare For Their Children? by Lindsay Mitchell
- Astonishing Recommendation By Parliamentarians by Lindsay Mitchell
- Auckland Defies DPB Drop by Lindsay Mitchell
- Aussie Budget: Work to Welfare by Lindsay Mitchell
- Barker Doesn't Grasp The Real Issue by Lindsay Mitchell
- Bashing Would-be Welfare Reformers by Lindsay Mitchell
- Benefit Dependency Rates Don't Reflect Record Low Unemployment by Lindsay Mitchell
- Benefit Expenditure Hits All-Time High by Lindsay Mitchell
- Benefit Rises Lead To More Single Mums by Lindsay Mitchell
- Benson-Pope Misleads Parliament by Lindsay Mitchell
- Better Off on a Benefit by Lindsay Mitchell
- Bradford Should Give Beneficiaries a Break by Lindsay Mitchell
- Brash Right - Maharey Denies Reality by Lindsay Mitchell
- Brash Watered-Down Again by Lindsay Mitchell
- Budget Will Drive More Budget Breakdown by Lindsay Mitchell
- Changes To Benefit System Bad Move by Lindsay Mitchell
- Child Poverty - Whose Fault Is It? by Lindsay Mitchell
- Child Poverty And Unsafe Sex by Lindsay Mitchell
- Child Tragedies Needn't Be Inevitable by Lindsay Mitchell
- Clamping Down On Child Support 'Dodgers' A Red Herring by Lindsay Mitchell
- Contemplating Pregnancy on a Benefit by Lindsay Mitchell
- Court Of Appeal Decision Opens A Can Of Worms by Lindsay Mitchell
- CPAG Not Acting In Best Interests Of Children by Lindsay Mitchell
- CPAG Pushing The Wrong Solution by Lindsay Mitchell
- CPAG Reject Personal Responsibility by Lindsay Mitchell
- Cross-party Talk Must Focus On DPB by Lindsay Mitchell
- Cut Price Kids A Choice by Lindsay Mitchell
- Dear Steve, Save Me the Sociology Lecture by Lindsay Mitchell
- Debt Levels Higher on DPB by Lindsay Mitchell
- Delayed Motherhood Improves Outcomes by Lindsay Mitchell
- Demands from the CPAG Dangerous by Lindsay Mitchell
- Disturbing DPB Trends by Lindsay Mitchell
- DPB Campaign Broadens by Lindsay Mitchell
- DPB cost grows from $250,000 to $2,300,000,000 by Lindsay Mitchell
- DPB Expenditure Hits All-Time High by Lindsay Mitchell
- DPB For A Decade Or More by Lindsay Mitchell
- DPB Holds Back GDP by Lindsay Mitchell
- DPB Mothers Destined to 'dabble' by Lindsay Mitchell
- DPB Numbers Down But Duration Of Stay Up by Lindsay Mitchell
- DPB Numbers Up by Lindsay Mitchell
- DPB Recipients in Higher Income Bracket by Lindsay Mitchell
- DPB Sleight-Of-Hand by Lindsay Mitchell
- Drop In DPB Numbers Challenged by Lindsay Mitchell
- Dunne Protests Too Much by Lindsay Mitchell
- Facing The Problem Of Teenage Parenthood by Lindsay Mitchell
- Family Commission Should Call For Privatisation by Lindsay Mitchell
- Father's Day Feel-Good 'Fact' Misleads by Lindsay Mitchell
- From DPB To Sickness And Invalid Benefits - A Record by Lindsay Mitchell
- Government Family Policy Reinforcing Bad Choices by Lindsay Mitchell
- Government Sells Us a Pup by Lindsay Mitchell
- Government Unconcerned at High Numbers Born Onto a Benefit by Lindsay Mitchell
- Govt. Admits High Rate of Non-Working Homes by Lindsay Mitchell
- Greens Get It Wrong Again by Lindsay Mitchell
- Greens' Family Benefit a Ploy by Lindsay Mitchell
- Growth In Benefits Outstrips Population Increase by Lindsay Mitchell
- Growth In Invalids' Benefit Under The Spotlight by Lindsay Mitchell
- Growth in Sickness and Invalid Benefits by Lindsay Mitchell
- Hand-out Mentality Hurts Workers and Employers by Lindsay Mitchell
- Happy Families Cannot Be Legislated For by Lindsay Mitchell
- Harawira: Government Keeps Maori Dependent On Welfare by Lindsay Mitchell
- Having Kids On Welfare A Growing Trend by Lindsay Mitchell
- High Taxes 'Inspirational'? by Lindsay Mitchell
- How Big Is This Problem? by Lindsay Mitchell
- How the State is Strangling Pharmacy by Lindsay Mitchell
- How to Avert a Tragedy by Lindsay Mitchell
- It's Called Pseudo-Success, Steve by Lindsay Mitchell
- It's Not Just About Being Poor by Lindsay Mitchell
- Katrina Puts Poverty Back On The Agenda by Lindsay Mitchell
- Kids at School, Still on Benefit by Lindsay Mitchell
- Labour Ignoring US Success by Lindsay Mitchell
- Labour Slams Door on Debate Again by Lindsay Mitchell
- Labour Steps Up Welfare Wagers by Lindsay Mitchell
- Living Standards About More Than Income by Lindsay Mitchell
- Losing The War On Family Violence by Lindsay Mitchell
- Māori Teenage Birthrate Is A Problem by Lindsay Mitchell
- Maharey All Talk by Lindsay Mitchell
- Maharey Makes Meaningless Promise by Lindsay Mitchell
- Maharey Missing the Point by Lindsay Mitchell
- Maharey Mucking About Again by Lindsay Mitchell
- Maharey on Mikus by Lindsay Mitchell
- Maharey Says Benefit Levels Too Low by Lindsay Mitchell
- Maharey Spin Knows No Bounds by Lindsay Mitchell
- Maori 8 Times More Likely To Be Teenage Parents On Welfare by Lindsay Mitchell
- Maori Party Must Refocus by Lindsay Mitchell
- Maori Party Say DPB Part Of Their Culture by Lindsay Mitchell
- Maori Women Four Times More Likely To Be On The DPB by Lindsay Mitchell
- Minister And Ministry At Odds by Lindsay Mitchell
- Minister Contradicted By Own Ministry by Lindsay Mitchell
- Minister Ignores Own Department's Research by Lindsay Mitchell
- Minister Mistaken Over Growth In Incapacity Benefits by Lindsay Mitchell
- Minister Relying on Guesswork by Lindsay Mitchell
- Minister Wrong About Sickness And Invalid Benefits by Lindsay Mitchell
- Ministers Stuck in a Dead End Paradox by Lindsay Mitchell
- Ministry Data Shows Sharp Increase In DPB Numbers by Lindsay Mitchell
- Ministry Says Work-Test Sole Parents by Lindsay Mitchell
- Mixed News On DPB by Lindsay Mitchell
- More DPB 'Largesse' Revealed by Lindsay Mitchell
- More Maori Children on Welfare by Lindsay Mitchell
- More Migrants On DPB and Sickness Benefits by Lindsay Mitchell
- More Mistakes From Welfare Ministers by Lindsay Mitchell
- More Sole Parents - More Dead End Dependency by Lindsay Mitchell
- MSD CE Blocks Information Release by Lindsay Mitchell
- Multiple Stays on DPB Accumulate by Lindsay Mitchell
- National Return To Work-Testing - A Dud by Lindsay Mitchell
- National's Welfare Agenda Equals The Status Quo by Lindsay Mitchell
- New Book Questions Case For Welfare by Lindsay Mitchell
- New Green MP Rejects Two-Parent Families by Lindsay Mitchell
- New Zealand a Non-Starter by Lindsay Mitchell
- No-Go Zones Must Go On DPB by Lindsay Mitchell
- Not Everybody Benefits From "Low" Unemployment by Lindsay Mitchell
- Number of one-parent families up by 23 percent by Lindsay Mitchell
- NZ Fails Where US Succeeds by Lindsay Mitchell
- NZ Parents Pay More Child Support by Lindsay Mitchell
- NZ Sole Mothers - Second Lowest Employment Rate by Lindsay Mitchell
- NZ: Highest Rate Of Lone Parents On Welfare by Lindsay Mitchell
- One-Parent Families To Reach Quarter-Million Mark by Lindsay Mitchell
- Outlook Remains Bleak For Many New Zealand Children by Lindsay Mitchell
- Parents Should Be Doing The Counting by Lindsay Mitchell
- Petitioner Disputes Benefit Figures Used By Maharey by Lindsay Mitchell
- Plan For Teenage Parents Not Nearly Enough by Lindsay Mitchell
- Playing the Blame Game Won't Solve Anything by Lindsay Mitchell
- PM Rejects OECD Report Finding by Lindsay Mitchell
- Political Correctness the Loser, Personal Responsibility the Winner by Lindsay Mitchell
- Public Misled on DPB - Campaigner by Lindsay Mitchell
- Question Mark Over Youth Unemployment by Lindsay Mitchell
- Quick Fix Remedy The Wrong One by Lindsay Mitchell
- Reality Shock for United Future by Lindsay Mitchell
- Removal Of S59 A Gross Failure To Tackle Child Abuse by Lindsay Mitchell
- Replace DPB With Dole by Lindsay Mitchell
- Research Confirms Two Parents Better Than One by Lindsay Mitchell
- Rick Barker - Naysayer And PC Apologist by Lindsay Mitchell
- Ripping Off the DPB by Lindsay Mitchell
- Same Old, Same Old, Steve by Lindsay Mitchell
- Scapegoating Economic Reforms Futile by Lindsay Mitchell
- Single Benefit Dropped? by Lindsay Mitchell
- Single Parenthood: Problem Or Not? by Lindsay Mitchell
- Statistics NZ Project More One Parent Families by Lindsay Mitchell
- Steve's Idea of Success Sucks by Lindsay Mitchell
- Strong Job Market Fails to Impact on DPB by Lindsay Mitchell
- Sunday's Babies by Lindsay Mitchell
- Support For Single Parents To Return To Work by Lindsay Mitchell
- Sweden's Ban On Smacking A Failure by Lindsay Mitchell
- Taxpayers Should Be Viewed As 'Clients' by Lindsay Mitchell
- Teenage Benefits Passport To Long-Term Dependency by Lindsay Mitchell
- Teenage Birth Rate Rises Again by Lindsay Mitchell
- Teenage Birthrate Climbs Again by Lindsay Mitchell
- Teenage Parenthood Traps Maori by Lindsay Mitchell
- Teenagers Move From Dole To DPB by Lindsay Mitchell
- The Growth of Single Parenthood: Is It a Problem? by Lindsay Mitchell
- The Lesser Known Facts by Lindsay Mitchell
- The Real Oil by Lindsay Mitchell
- The Role of a Father by Lindsay Mitchell
- The Size and Nature of the Welfare Problem by Lindsay Mitchell
- The Transformation of Welfare by Lindsay Mitchell
- There Is No Plan by Lindsay Mitchell
- Throwing The Baby Out With The Individual Responsibility by Lindsay Mitchell
- Time Spent on DPB Nearly Double Government's Claims by Lindsay Mitchell
- Too Many Children Already Live in No-Go Zones by Lindsay Mitchell
- Trailing The World In Welfare Reform by Lindsay Mitchell
- Treasury Right - DPB Numbers Highest This Century by Lindsay Mitchell
- Two Parents Overtaken By One by Lindsay Mitchell
- Under 1 in 5 Benefit Applicants New by Lindsay Mitchell
- Unemployment Drops? Yeah, Right! by Lindsay Mitchell
- Unemployment Low, Welfare Spending High by Lindsay Mitchell
- Unemployment Rise Since Work - Testing Scrapped by Lindsay Mitchell
- Unemployment Rises For Sole Parents by Lindsay Mitchell
- United Future supports 'Ambulances for Africa' by Lindsay Mitchell
- United Future's Brain-Child a Dud by Lindsay Mitchell
- US Reforms Reduce Teenage Births by Lindsay Mitchell
- Victim Culture Puts Paid to a Sense of Responsibility by Lindsay Mitchell
- Way To Go, Steve! by Lindsay Mitchell
- Welfare - Passing the Point of No Return by Lindsay Mitchell
- Welfare Beneficiaries Not Screened by Lindsay Mitchell
- Welfare Dependancy Still Rife by Lindsay Mitchell
- Welfare Hurts Children by Lindsay Mitchell
- What Mr. Maharey Doesn't Want Us To Know by Lindsay Mitchell
- What's The DPB Got To Do With Me? by Lindsay Mitchell
- What's Wrong With Welfare? by Lindsay Mitchell
- Why Minimum Wages Do More Harm Than Good by Lindsay Mitchell
- Why The CPAG Should Lose In Court by Lindsay Mitchell
- Why The Gap Has Widened by Lindsay Mitchell
- Why The Middle Class Family Is In Economic Crisis by Lindsay Mitchell
- Will United Future Change its Mind? by Lindsay Mitchell
- Women's Refuge Claim Misguided by Lindsay Mitchell
- Wrong to Blame Poverty for our High Infant Mortality by Lindsay Mitchell
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