Max Rashbrooke
Sanctions without benefits
Researchers into poverty are asking the government where the evidence is that its new benefit sanction regime will work.
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Sanctions without benefits
Researchers into poverty are asking the government where the evidence is that its new benefit sanction regime will work.
Unemployment numbers continues to rise
New unemployment figures show 33,000 more New Zealanders are jobless now than this time last year, bringing the total to more than 140,000. Economic inequality expert Max Rashbrooke spoke to Ingrid… Audio
Experts argue for new ways to fund healthcare
The record amounts of taxpayer money going into health each year are failing to keep pace with inflation, let alone demand, with a third of people having unmet health needs. Ruth Hill reports. Audio
Lobbyist code of conduct might not work says academic
An academic says a voluntary code of conduct for lobbyists might not achieve anything as it would have no consequences for breaches.
RNZ has obtained a Ministry of Justice document outlining a new… Audio
The Week in Detail: Cluster bombs, Whakaari, and Fukushima waste
The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio
The Week in Detail: Cluster bombs, Whakaari, and Fukushima waste
The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week.
AudioLong Read: The Flames of Our Shame
By Max Rashbrooke: While the fatal fire at Loafers Lodge has reinforced calls for greater scrutiny of boarding houses, the warning signals have been around for years. Audio
Long Read: The Flames of Our Shame
By Max Rashbrooke: While the fatal fire at Loafers Lodge has reinforced calls for greater scrutiny of boarding houses, the warning signals have been around for years.
AudioPanel recommends major donation changes
Major changes are being proposed to the system of donations to political parties and candidates by The Independent Electoral Review. Max Rashbrooke is a senior associate of the Institute for… Audio
Expert Max Rashbrooke on tax inequality
Max Rashbrooke is a senior associate of the Institute for Governance and Policy Studies at Victoria University of Wellington and has written extensively on income inequality in New Zealand.
He talks… Video, Audio
Govt lobbying moves largely symbolic - Academic
A writer and academic specialising in democracy and inequality says he's underwhelmed by the Prime Minister's attempts to improve transparency in the lobbying industry.
Chris Hipkins says he wants… Audio
Rashbrooke: stronger moves needed for lobbyists at parliament
Someone who's been raising concerns about political lobbying in New Zealand for years is Max Rashbrooke, who's a writer on democracy and economic inequality from Victoria University. He spoke with… Audio
Academics' three-point plan to clean up political lobbying practices
Academics have come up with a three-point plan to clean up the lobbying industry amid a RNZ investigation this week.
Today, we've been reporting on how tech giants, the pharmaceutical industry and… Audio
Free GP visits would quickly pay for themselves many times over - Rashbrooke
An inequality researcher is pushing for free GP visits in a bid to reduce pressure on hospital staff who are currently overwhelmed by demand.
Max Rashbrooke wrote the report - commissioned by the… Audio
Midweek Mediawatch: Follow the leader
In this week's edition of Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Karyn Hay about a blizzard of commentary about Christopher Luxon's performance, Chinese state-sponsored propaganda in the Herald… Audio
Midweek Mediawatch: Follow the leader
In this week's edition of Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Karyn Hay about a blizzard of commentary about Christopher Luxon's performance, Chinese state-sponsored propaganda in the Herald…
AudioDebate over National Party's proposed social investment strategy
There has been both criticism and praise for the National Party's newly announced social investment fund policy.
The policy would see the private sector and philanthropists called on to lend a… Audio
Controversy over Kris Faafoi's new lobbying gig
The revolving door from politics to the business world is causing a stir.
Less than three months after leaving Parliament, former government minister Kris Faafoi is heading up a new PR and lobbying… Audio
Despite sanctions, russian oligarch money probably still in NZ
A leading academic says it's likely that money from Russian oligarchs is still circulating in New Zealand, despite the sanctions on Vladimir Putin's regime. It comes as the government tries to… Audio
