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Post by Kiwi Frontline on Feb 24, 2020 3:17:10 GMT 12
MOST BENEFIT SANCTIONS APPLIED TO MĀORI, FIGURES SHOWA Māori law expert says halving the benefit of a parent with an outstanding warrant is unfairly punishing children, and "morally outrageous". New figures released to RNZ show 437 sanctions were applied against people with children in 2018, with over 80 percent of those sanctions applied against Māori. The sanction reduces the income of a beneficiary with children by half if they don't get the warrant cleared within 10 days of being told by the Ministry of Social Development, which is after the warrant has remained outstanding for 28 days. "Cutting the income of whānau with children by 50 percent for reasons unrelated to those children and tamariki is absolutely morally outrageous," Auckland University of Technology associate professor of law Khylee Quince said...... www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2020/02/most-benefit-sanctions-applied-to-m-ori-figures-show.html
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