It will take us roughly a century and a half to close the income gap with Australia, assuming present rates of growth continue...
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Maxim Institute CEO Greg Fleming was interviewed as part of this discussion Radio New Zealand's Morning Report, regarding the incoming National Government's public service cutbacks. One suggestion made by Mr Fleming was the possibility of integrating some departments such as the Families' and Children's Commissions.
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Is it Just Tax? continues the Maxim Institute's Tax Discussion Series by taking up the issues of justice and freedom and looking at how our current tax system measures up.
Read Is it Just Tax? The shaping of our society
Maxim Institute has released an education policy paper which recommends, among other things, setting professional standards for teachers and setting literacy and numeracy benchmarks.
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Would you like to know more about Maxim Institute? Maxim Institute has produced a short introductory video provides an explanation of who we are, what we do and why we do it.
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Listen to "Breakthrough New Zealand?"
On Monday 3 November, Dr Samantha Callan presented a lecture for Maxim Institute called "Breakthrough New Zealand?" The lecture highlighted the positive effect that strengthening marriage has on tackling social injustice and dysfunction. Dr Callan is an honorary research fellow at Edinburgh University and the Centre for Social Justice.
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Have you put any thought into how you can use your extra tax cut dollars to help someone other than yourself? A website run by the Social Justice Commission of the Anglican Church has some great ideas for how you can put these extra dollars towards helping your community.
Find out more at the Give It Up website
"New Zealand has stripped safeguard after safeguard away from its legislative process," argued visiting constitutional law expert Professor Jeremy Waldron at Maxim Institute's Annual John Graham Lecture.
Listen to "Parliamentary Recklessness"
