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ACC's 'offensive' email

An ACC staff member emailed a recent widow saying: "Just so you know ... I am not God and therefore I do not determine when people live or die".

Should the Govt fund private-school scholarships?

$2.6m for posh-school entry under fire as elitist

Private-school scholarships for poorer students have been attacked as an "elitist" use of taxpayers' money.

<i>Craig Elliffe:</i> Some taxing problems built into system

<i>Kerre Woodham:</i> Kick abusers off the dole

If some beneficiaries are too dangerous to be dealt with face-to-face, their benefits should be cancelled says Kerre Woodham.

Bennett spells out new benefit rules

Dole not cut as long as work sought - Bennett

Beneficiaries who undergo a review after a year on an unemployment benefit will not lose that assistance if they can't find work, Paula Bennett says.

State house resident with rental properties sentenced

A man who lived in a state house while he rented out two properties of his own has been sentenced for defrauding the taxpayer.

$1000-plus welfare grants for other people's children

Thirteen of the 20 highest-paid beneficiaries and almost a third of those on more than $1000 a week are looking after other people's children.