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BIG NEWS: Why is the Government paying benefits to those who have left the country?
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News, views and politics. Http:/ big-news.blogspot.com/. Monday, August 08, 2011. Why is the Government paying benefits to those who have left the country? About 7400 are no longer receiving benefits after failing to reapply for their benefit after 12 months and the government is saying it is a $3.5m saving. ( update. Its a $9.5m saving now ). According to media reports:. If thousands didn’t reapply, should they have been getting it at all? If they were in work, are the overpayments going to be recovered?
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BIG NEWS: 9/11 -what I was doing
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News, views and politics. Http:/ big-news.blogspot.com/. Monday, September 12, 2011. 9/11 -what I was doing. I expect to be hit by a deluge of emails on 9/11 stories overnight, as part of the monitoring I do, but as a journalist have not written any 9/11 stories for two reasons: I haven't been assigned any and I cant be bothered finding any. And those images wont go away any time soon. Posted by Swimming at 2:10 PM. Subscribe to Post Comments [ Atom. Links to this post:. Subscribe in a reader. Swimming W...
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BIG NEWS: Why can’t WINZ do the budgeting for beneficiaries?
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News, views and politics. Http:/ big-news.blogspot.com/. Tuesday, December 20, 2011. Why can’t WINZ do the budgeting for beneficiaries? Green MP Jan Logie has highlighted. That many families cannot get food grants off WINZ unless they reduce their costs, increase their income or get budgeting advice. I understand that if a third grant is applied for, budgeting advice must first happen before they get it. Posted by Swimming at 4:40 PM. Winz gave up on being helpful 3 years back when Bennet took over.
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BIG NEWS: Nearly half those who come off the dole don’t get jobs
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News, views and politics. Http:/ big-news.blogspot.com/. Thursday, September 15, 2011. Nearly half those who come off the dole don’t get jobs. Last month the Minster of Social Development announced that. More than 6,700 New Zealanders went off welfare and into work in July 2011. I was curious, so I asked the minister’s office if that meant that everyone who went off the unemployment benefit in July went to work. I was told that was correct. What Bennett didn’t say was that in July, 7496 left the unemploy...
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BIG NEWS: superb video on NZ social media
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News, views and politics. Http:/ big-news.blogspot.com/. Thursday, February 23, 2012. Superb video on NZ social media. Here's another good one. from offshore. Posted by Swimming at 2:03 PM. Subscribe to Post Comments [ Atom. Links to this post:. Subscribe in a reader. News at a glance. The New Zealand Week. South China Morning Post. The Christian Science Monitor. Korea news service in Tokyo. Crisis group North Korea. Alex de Waal's blog. Council of foreign relations. Ace electoral knowledge network.
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BIG NEWS: Who I`m voting for
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News, views and politics. Http:/ big-news.blogspot.com/. Thursday, November 24, 2011. Who I`m voting for. Has encouraged us to advise who we would be voting for this election. I live in the Ohariu electorate. Yes, the electorate that Peter Dunne has been holding for 27 years. In 2011 I am giving my both my electorate vote and my party vote to someone and some party other than I did in 2008. Posted by Swimming at 8:00 PM. Not in your elctorate but snap on MMP. November 24, 2011 at 8:11 PM. News at a glance.
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BIG NEWS: Nice pic
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BIG NEWS: Gay marriage in Australia
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News, views and politics. Http:/ big-news.blogspot.com/. Thursday, September 15, 2011. Gay marriage in Australia. Over the past few weeks there has been an interesting debate in the Australian Parliament over marriage equality. Anyway, here's a story. On an Australian Catholic politician who, along with his constituents, supports gay marriage - yet his party and his church officially don't. Posted by Swimming at 6:48 AM. Subscribe to Post Comments [ Atom. Links to this post:. Subscribe in a reader. NZ Ju...
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