Monday, July 05, 2004
UE down, but everything else up
First, the good news: unemployment figures are down in New Zealand - at a 14-year low, in fact. Now the bad news, all the other welfare figures are up.
In 1993, total core benefit expenditure was $9.004 billion. By last year it had grown to $10.438 billion, says welfare campaigner Lindsay Mitchell.
What else happened between 1993 and 2003?
Core benefit expenditure:
First, the good news: unemployment figures are down in New Zealand - at a 14-year low, in fact. Now the bad news, all the other welfare figures are up.
In 1993, total core benefit expenditure was $9.004 billion. By last year it had grown to $10.438 billion, says welfare campaigner Lindsay Mitchell.
What else happened between 1993 and 2003?
Core benefit expenditure:
unemployment and emergency benefits, -19%
sickness benefit, +62%
invalid's benefit, +149%
domestic purposes benefit, +41%
superannuation, +15%
