Latest News
November
- Interview with Thomas Coughlan Thousands fewer families getting support as unemployment rises NZ Herald, 19th November 2024
- St John, S (2024) The age of magical thinking: Taxation of the NZ Super Fund. Interest.co.nz 18th November 2024
- St John, S (2024) Economics- the key or the lock? Meeting of graduate women, Northshore, 7th November 2024.
October
- St John, S ( 2024) PIE Commentary 2024-10: Bigger deficit for Christmas from the deficit buster. Expect higher ACC levies.
- St John, S ( 2024) PIE Commentary 2024-9: The capital gains tax debate is hotting up: Time to check out the Fair Economic Return.
- St John, S (2024) Hundreds of thousands of children could be put into financial difficulty as benefit numbers soar RNZ 25th October
- St John, S (2024) Bigger deficit for Christmas from the deficit buster. Expect higher ACC levies Daily Blog, 26th October
- St John and Baucher (2024), Fair Economic Return v Land Tax, PIE Policy report 2024-1
- St John, S (2024) If foodbanks were the answer, can underfunding them be the solution? Daily Blog 16th October
- St John, S ( 2024) Govt failing NZ’s most vulnerable says economist Midday report, Radio NZ, 11th October
- Episode 17 – Susan St John on taxing wealth – Bryan Bruce Investigates watch SusanStJohnIV2.mp4 Bryan Bruce Investigates – Substack
- St John, S Fair Economic Return rather than a Capital Gains Tax, interest.co.nz, 2nd October 2024
September
- St John, S ( 2024) Ballet dancing is as dangerous as rugby? Or is the complex super structure of levy setting dangerous to much needed 21st century reform of ACC , Daily Blog, 24th September
- St John, S ( 2024) We do not need ACC levy increases Daily Blog, 22th September
- Rennie, D & St John S (2024) Should ACC levies be raised? PIE Commentary 2024-6 , 20th September
August
- Guest speaker, Susan St John Variety, 20th August, and Citizens Advice Bureau CAB, AGM, West Auckland, 22nd August, 2024
- Bryan Bryce Podcast with Susan St John on Working for Families, Head to Head, Audio only substack Bryan Bruce series, August 19th, 2024
- St John, S (2024) Just listen to Matthew and apply market-based technology to solve complex social problems Daily Blog 13th August
- July
- St John, S (2024) Some may be worse off due to tax cuts: expert | RNZ 31st July 2024′
- St John, S (2024) There are many more past injustices for the state to answer Daily Blog 29th July 2024
- St John, S ( 2024) Time to cut through the weirdness, be bold and simplify Working for Families. Daily Blog 23rd July 2024
June
- St John, S. (2024) Government Assistance for Families BFM, 27th June
- PIE 6-monthly newsletter PIE hub, Economics Policy Centre, Auckland University June 2024
St John, S (2024) Review of crippling debts to government now delayed to the Never Never. Daily Blog 24th June 2024 - St John, S ( 2024) Time for a multi party focus on working for families, Newsroom, 20th June 2024
- St John quoted in Susan Edmunds (16th June) Warning as Working For Families debt increases by more than $42m | RNZ News
- St John quoted in Susan Edmunds(17th June) ‘We don’t cope’: 55,000 people have Working for Families debt | Stuff
- St John, S (2024) The rich get richer while child poverty just increases Daily Blog 4th June 2024. Also see: Christopher Luxon says low- and middle-income Kiwis get ‘emphasis’ of tax package, Treasury figures say the opposite – NZ Herald
- What impact did the Coalition government budgets have on the reduction of child poverty? Waatea interview 4th June 2024.
May 2024
Budget 2024.
St John, S (2024)Budget hot takes Ask the experts. Spinoff Budget 2024: The great Spinoff hot-take roundtable | The Spinoff 30th May2024
St John, S (2024)Will the true debt figure please stand up. Daily Blog 21st May 2024
Susan St John (with Brian Easton and Len Cook) Addressing financial hardship. Brightstar conference ‘Delivering equity for Older New Zealanders’, 31st April/1st May 2024, Millenium Hotel PIE Commentary 2024-4. Economic Policy Centre
April 2024
St John, S (2024) Simplistic views of the causes of inflation don’t do the left any favours. Daily Blog, 10th April
March 2024
St John, S (2024) PIE Commentary 2024-2: Superannuation – a fiscal challenge or opportunity? Contribution to The Retirement Commission’s Super Summit: New Zealand Super Issues and Options 21st March 2024, Wellington.
February 2024
St John, S (2024) Is child poverty really too hard to cure? Daily Blog 28th February 2024
St John, S ( 2024) Opinion: The Government’s great welfare reset is a broken record TVNZ One news 21st Feb 2024 republished University Auckland news.
Stats show “an unprecedented depth of poverty” : Economist RNZ Interview Susan St John 24th Feb Nine to Noon
Fears Government will target more beneficiaries after moves to impose sanctions on job seekers RNZ Midday report St John spoke to Charlotte Cook, 20th Feb 2024
January, 2024
December, 2023
St John, S (2023) “New Zealand’s housing market drives inequality. Why not just tax houses like any other income? “ 2023: A year of consequence—Essays that got the world talking, The Conversation, editors Grattan, M and Bergman J, Thames and Hudson, Australia
November 2023
St John, S (2023) The coalition agreement for Working for Families is very weak but tweaks could improve it. Daily Blog 27th November, 2023
Dale, C & St John (2023) Who’ll pay to care for us when we grow old, and then even older?
Newsroom 12th November
St John, S (2023) If NZ’s new government wants a simple fix to improve child poverty, here’s what it should do The Conversation, 10th November 2023, republished NZ Herald
October 2023
St John, S and O’Brien, M (2023). Structuring taxes to achieve equitable and efficient outcomes. CPAG 2023 Policy Brief Tax .
September 2023
Susan St John (Sept 2023) What does the unique New Zealand approach to pensions policy offer women? guest speaker at the 1st Annual Pension Conference 14th September Pensión Research & Consulting: Building Gold Standard for Private Pensions hosted as a virtual event
St John, S (2023) The Labour-National consensus on family support means the election won’t change much for NZ’s poorest households The Conversation, 12th September and PIE Commentary 2023-11: The strange coalescence of agreement by Labour and National on Working for Families.
Susan St John and Claire Dale Podcast: interviewed by Sangita Chawla, Chief Marketing Officer at Standard Life. What the UK can learn about auto-enrolment from New Zealand | Thinking Forward | Standard Life and article New Zealand’s KiwiSaver: a template for auto-enrolment reform in the UK?.
August 2023
St John, S (2023) So this is the best we can expect from the Working for Families (WFF) review?14th August 2023
St John, S (2023) What are we to make of welfare and Working For Families reform now? Daily Blog 10th August, 2023
July 2023
St John, S ( 2023)When will we ever learn? Daily Blog 31st July, 2023
St John, S (2023), All for an extra $20 a week? Daily Blog 17th July 2023
St John, S (2023) Paid Parental Leave KiwiSaver contributions. Taxation (Annual Rates for 2023–24, Multinational Tax, and Remedial Matters) Bill – commentary on the Bill. Pension and Intergenerational Equity Hub PIE submission.
June 2023
St John, S, O’Brien, M (2023) Fix “Working For Families” income assistance for children in low-income families, CPAG 2023 Policy Brief series
O’Brien, M , St John, S, ( 2023) Benefit income adequacy CPAG 2023 Policy Brief series
St John, S, ( 2023) Outdated income relationship rules CPAG 2023 Policy Brief series
St John, S (2023) NZ’s housing-market drives-inequality why not just tax houses like any other income. The Conversation, 21st June 2023, also Stuff, interest.co
May 2023
St John, S and O’Brien M (2023) Modelling income adequacy for those on benefits Report based on a welfare model developed for CPAG by Dr Yun So, Economics Policy Centre, University of Auckland.
April 2023
St John, S.( 2023) Lets have some straight talking on tax Interest.co.nz. 25th April , 2023
St John, S. ( 2023) A prayer to the god of small things, Daily Blog 24th April 2023
March 2023
St John, S (2023) Let them eat cake Daily Blog 23rd March
February 2023
St John, S. (2023) What comes next Labour? Time for transformational change- PLEASE Lets just do it this time. Daily Blog 10th February 2023
St John, S (2023) We need to talk about the New Zealand Super Fund, Daily Blog 1st February
January 2023
St John.S ( 2023) Flying blind into the recession Daily Blog 27th January
St John,S (2023) Serious deficiencies in the social policy processes Daily Blog 7th January
December 2022
St John, S (2022) Basic Income for the old and the young in New Zealand. PIE Briefing 2022-2:
Christmas Wishes For a More Generous New Year CPAG Press release, 22nd Dec,
November 2022
St John, S No excuses for hungry children, NZ Herald, 29th November
St John, S. Monetary policy, inflated house prices and lack of tax made it worse, Radio NZ interview 11th November
October 2022
St John, S (2022) Child Poverty in NZ- what is the truth here? Daily Blog 10th October
September 2022
St John, S (2022) Is KiwiSaver fit for the 2050? panel discussion, FSC conference, 23rd September Cordis hotel Auckland
St John, S & Baucher S. ( 2022) PIE Policy Report 2022-2: Fair Economic Return Revisited. Presented at the housing affordability conference, EPC 9th Sept Auckland Business School, power point presentation, ppts FER 9th sept
August 2022
St John, S. (2022) If we want a fair system lets fix our low rate broad-base system Newsroom August 30th 2022
St John, S. (2022) Poverty is not a partisan issue, Newsroom,5th August 2022
July 2022
St John, S. ( 2022) Social security purposes and principles are cold comfort for too many NZ Herald 25th July 2022
St John, S ( 2022) Here is what must happen in child poverty before the end of this year Daily Blog 21st July
St John, S quoted in Carmel Sepuloni receives review into Working for Families, but some worried focus is not on poverty – NZ Herald 28th July
June 2022
St John, S (2022) The only trade-off that matters. Newsroom,15th June.
May 2022
St John, S (2022) Policy Report – The Irish Autoenrolment
RPRC PR 2022-1 in AE-Ireland by TOR Financial Consulting Ltd. It draws on the New Zealand experience with KiwiSaver and its relevance for women.
St John, S. ( 2022) Improving the Child Poverty Reduction Framework 23rd May) CPAG commentary.
St John, S (2022) The budget will not feed hungry children Daily Blog 23rd May 2022
St John, S (2022) Little hint of meaningful action Spinoff budget round table, 19th May
St John, S (2022) interviewed by Susan Edmunds Working for Families needs to do better.What do you want to see in the Budget this year? | Stuff.co.nz 15th May
April 2022
St John, S. (2022) interviewed by Isaac Davison NZ Herald on Marginal tax rates 22nd April
St John,S (2022) interviewed by Susan Edmunds Marginal tax rates 4th April
March 2022
St John, S (2022) Children shouldn’t pay for a broken system
Newsroom 24th March 2022
St John, S (2022) International Women’s Day, New Zealand is still a long way from gender equality, Newsroom, 8th March 2022
St John, S (2022) The Purpose and Principles of the Social Security Act, The Daily Blog, 2nd March 2022
February 2022
Dale, M, St John S (2022) Long term in-home and residential care for New Zealand’s ageing population Long term aged care for New Zealand’s ageing population RPRC PensionBriefing 2022-1, 23 February
Asher I, St John, S. & G Craw, CPAG Submission: On the Accident Compensation (Maternal Birth Injury and Other Matters) Amendment Bill (Jan 2022) as a PDF (Word Doc), 11th February, 2022
St John, S (2022) Social insurance , Newsroom, 7th Feb 2022
Job benefit plan misses mark Waatea News, 10th February, 2022. Concerns new income insurance plans could drive inequality, Radio New Zealand Audio. 2nd February 2021
January 2022
St John, S (2022) Tackling the Big Issues in 2022? Yeah Right! | The Daily Blog 17th January, 2022
St John, S ( 2022) Our accidental ACC scheme, New Zealand Herald dialogue page 12th January 2022
Latest news 2021
December
St John, S (2021) Time to rock the KiwiSaver boat 27th Dec interest.co.nz
November
St John, S (2021) What could possibly go wrong next? Daily Blog, 27th November 2021
St John , S & Neuwelt, C (2021) Australia and NZ tax credits for children. A 5-year comparison: July 2018- July 2023 – Part 2 of the Rethinking Income Support for Children series CPAG backgrounder, 18th November 2021.
St John, S ( 2021) Let them eat cake Daily Blog 15th November 2021
St John, S ( 2021) Urgent reform of Working for Families needed – not tinkering 8th November 2021
October
St John, S ( 2021) Interview with Waatea Radio on Working for Families policy changes , interview here, 22nd October 2021
St John, S ( 2021) Mercer’s pensions index,The Panel with Andrew Hoggard and Mihingarangi Forbes (Part 2) From Radio New Zealand Audio
St John, S (2021). Time for bold action for children,New Zealand Herald, 21st October 2021
St John, S(2021) Working for families isn’t working for poor families Daily Blog 20th September
St John, S (2021) Is appeal to self-interest the answer? St John, (2021) Daily Blog 13th September 2021. Chris Trotter reply:Not Understood: Chris Trotter Replies To Susan St John
Taxing pensioners’ other income at higher rate ‘could be better way to make super affordable’ Susan Edmunds, Stuff 2nd September
St John, S ( 2021) What a disgusting state of affairs | The Daily Blog 2nd September, 2021. Chris Trotter reply:Staying focussed, Why Labour still wont help the poor
August
St John, S ( 2021) New Zealand Superannuation Fund PensionCommentary 2021-2 RPRC, 30th August 2021
St John, S ( 2021) New Zealand Superannuation as a basic income PensionBriefing 2021-2 RPRC, 27th August 2021
St John,S (2021) Will the New Zealand Super Fund help pay the costs of the babyboom retirement? interest.co.nz 16th August, 2021
St John, S (2021) Pressure points in our polices facing up to the ageing population University of Auckland Alumni series Shaping our Futures 10th August 2021 RPRC event summary
July
St John, S ( 2021) Housing is Labour’s Achilles’ Heel, interest.co.nz, 30th July, 2021
June
Susan St John and Terry Baucher, The Fair Economic Return: Restoring equity to the social fabric of New Zealand. RPRC working paper 2021-1 30th June.
NZH, Susan St John: ‘Running a gender equity lens over social policies, childbirth, women’s work’, 27 June, 2021
Susan St John, S (2021) ACC papers on Women Maori Pacifica and disabled, Radio NZ, Waitea News, 22nd June, 2021
May
Susan St John. S (2021) Commentary on the 2021 budget The SpinOff, 20th May 2021
St John, S (2021) Running a gender lens over our sacred social policies Daily Blog, 13th May 2021
St John, S (2021) Interview with Bernard Hickey on financial priorities Lower debt in, cutting child poverty out: podcast 7th May, 2021
Neuwellt, C , St John , S (2021) Rethinking Income Support for Children Part 1: Ensuring Adequate Indexation of Working for Families, CPAG backgrounder, 4th May 2021
April
Susan St John and Terry Baucher (2021) The housing crisis, taxation policy: restoring equity to the social fabric of New Zealand Wednesday, Auckland University of Technology, 28th April 2021.
St John, S (2021) Oral submission to the Finance and Expenditure Committee: The Budget Policy Statement We are facing a pandemic of poverty that has been intensified by COVID | The Daily Blog Daily Blog 3rd April 2021
March
St John, S (2021) Submission to the Pensions Commission Ireland on reform of the state pension, RPRC, submissions, March 2021 Irish submission 9th March RPRC NZ final.pdf (auckland.ac.nz)
St John, S (2021) IRD, Treasury and MSD – Does the tail wag the dog? Daily Blog, 12th March 2021
St John, S (2021) International women’s day? How are the worst off mothers and their kids doing? Daily Blog: 5th March 2021
February
St John, S ( 2021) Time to use the Tax hose on the housing market, NZ herald 24th February, 2021
January
St John, S ( 2021) Any economic fix starts with fixing inequality (paywalled) and audio link here, National Business Review, 7th January 2021, PDF here
2020 News
December
- St John, S (2020) Would Total Remuneration improve KiwiSaver fairness? RPRC PensionBriefing 2020-1
- St John, S (2020) Susan St John makes the case for taxing a deemed rate of return on excessive real estate holdings (after a family home exemption), to redirect scarce housing resources to where they are needed most Published at Interest.co.nz. 26th December 2020
- St John, S (2020) Susan St John looks into the ‘housing elephant rampaging across New Zealand society’ and assesses potential solutions, Published at Interest.co.nz. 7th December 2020
November
- St John, S ( 2020) 30 years of neoliberalism has failed the poor – so why is Labour continuing it? Daily Blog 23rd November
- St John,S. (2020) Bridging the poverty gap: Why all poor kids need Working For Families support, Spinoff, 18th November 2020
- St John,S. ( 2020) Some fairness for short-changed pensioners – but it was a farcical process to get there, Business Stuff, 10th November.
- St John, S (2020) The bureaucratic blocks to welfare reform, Newsroom 5th November
- St John, S quoted in Jacinda Ardern must use her mandate to tackle child poverty in New Zealand The Guardian, 5th November 2020
- RNZ interview, The Detail on Rethinking ACC in the 21st century (Andrew Dickson, Sir Geoff Palmer, Susan St John, November 2,2020) and the RNZ article Time for a Royal Commission into Accident Compensation , 2nd November, 2020
October
- St John, S (2020) A gender lens: Pensions Policies New Zealand, Ireland and Australia IAPF (Irish pensions Savers) conference, online Ireland 19th October.
- St John quoted in Rob Stock, Stuff Gender blind KiwiSaver needs to become fairer to women. Stuff 18th October
- Dale and St John (2020) presenting Retirement issues for women in a post-covid world, Insurance Ireland, zoom conference, 7he October
- St John, S (2020)., Time to Act is now : taxation of housing as an increase to the income tax base Daily Blog, 19th October
- St John S quoted in Report card: Jacinda Ardern’s government graded on the past three years The Guardian 12th October 2020
- Panel discussion chaired by Jack Tame: Rob Everett (Chief Executive, Financial Markets Authority), Jane Wrightson (Retirement Commissioner, Commission for Financial Capability), Susan St John (Director, University of Auckland, Retirement Policy and Research Centre), Will Burkitt (Mercer, Retirement Innovation Leader). Financial Services Council annual conference panel discussion: Is retirement dead?
- Dig Social policy discussion panel, chaired by Jeremy Rose. Benefits panel Susan St John , Serenah Nicholson and Donna Maria Lawson, 7th October.
September
- Dale, MC and St John, s ( 2020) Women and Retirement in a post COVID-19 world Report prepared for TOR consulting, September 2020
- St John ,S ( 2020) What no benefit increases? Daily Blog 29th September 2020
- St John and Dale ( 2020) RPRC Select Committee Submission on the New Zealand Superannuation and Retirement Income (Fair Residency) Amendment Bill, September 22st 2020
- St John, S. ( 2020) Reflections on the Woodhouse Legacy for the 21st Century, 51/2 VUWLR p 293-312
August
- St John, S. ( 2020) Vote ACT for a shattered economy Daily Blog, 3rd August, 2020 July
July
- St John, S (2020) Economics Solutions. Alternative Aotearoa Piptea Marae Wellington , 25th July 2020 Video link here and edited transcript here
- St John, S ( 2020) An analysis of Act policies , Daily Blog 14th July
- Interview On the Panel with Wallace Chapman, Radio NZ – National, Wellington , 13th July
- St John, S ( 2020) Please save KiwiSaver from the axe Daily Blog 2nd July
St John, S ( 2020) When will Labour get it right for the worst-off children? 1st July
June
- Neuwled-kearns, C and St John S, 2020 Family tax credits: Do children get the support in New Zealand that they would get in Australia? CPAG backgrounder June 2020.
- St John, S and Dale C ( 2020) Don’t drop the ball on this one Jacinda Newsroom 5th June 2020
May
- St John, S ( 2020) Child Poverty was once at the heart of this government, Daily Blog 18th May
- 2020 CPAG budget analysis with Bryan Bruce : and the Q&A is available here: 15th May 2020
- St John, S and C M Dale ( 2020) Why this budget matters for intergenerational fairness Newsroom, 14th May 2020
- St John, S ( 2020) The welfare system is dangerous to our COVID-19 future, Daily Blog 14th May
- St John, S and J Letif, (2020) Pre budget chat with CPAG, published facebook 8th May 2020
April
- St John, S ( 2020), Newsroom, Time to change this abhorrently wasteful policy 23rd April
- St John, S ( 2020) Universal basic income: be careful what you wish for, Newsroom, 15th April
- St John, S ( 2020) Let’s get the policies right this time Newsroom, 2 April, 2020
March
- St John, S ( 2020) Covid-19: A Catch-22 for our most vulnerable Newsroom, 30th March
- St John, S ( 2020) ‘Time to rethink everything especially super policy’. The DailyBlog, 23 March 2020
- St John, S ( 2020) ‘Covid-19 economic rescue package: The experts weigh in’. The Spinoff, 17 March 2020,
February
- Dale, MC & St John, S (2020) The Kiwis falling through the KiwiSaver cracks Newsroom 28 February
- St John, S ( 2020) The New Zealand Super Fund’s magical thinking Newsroom Pro 28th February 020
- St John, S A briefing on the reform of the in Work Tax Credit, Child Poverty Action Group, 19th February 2020
- St John, S and Dale ,M (2020) A close look at the superannuation problem Newsroom 19th February
- St John, S (2020) Petty, intrusive, destructive and just plain wrong, Daily Blog, 13th February 2020
- St John et al (2020) Budget Policy Statement CPAG Oral submission to the Finance Expenditure Select committee, 7th February
- St John reported in Stuff, 2nd Feb, How employers are freezing the over 50s out of the job market and New Zealand’s pension is one of the world’s most generous – will you be getting it at 65?
January
- St John, S Radio New Zealand, Radio NZ Checkpoint also Newsroom The Retirement Income review Future retirees face more financial hardship, research suggests 29th January
- St John in New Zealand Herald |Kathryn’s case was meant to change the system 23rd January
- St John, S Expose Working for Families myths Newsroom, 23rd January, 2020
- ST John S Non Qualifying spouse interview Susan Edmunds Stuff 20th Jan
- St John S reported in Where the Government should spend the pot of gold, Stuff, 19th January, 2020
- St John, S. CPAG joins call from budget advisors for Govt to increase benefits urgently Press Release 9th January 2020
2019 News
December
- St John, S and Cotterell, G (2019) National’s family incomes support policy: A new paradigm shift or more of the same? Themed issue: National’s social policy legacy. N e w Z e a l a n d S o c i o l o g y 3 4 ( 2 ).
- St John, S ( 2019) The interment of the WEAG report is complete Daily Blog, 24th December 2019
- t John, S ( 2019) Pension for children is no panacea, Newsroom, 20th December, 2019
- St John, S (2019) Universality and a pension for children Radio NZ, 18th December Jesse Muligan show,
- St John, J (2019) oral submission to the Social Services and Community select committee, Modernisation and simplification of NZ Superannuation 16th December, 2019
- St John , S Press release on the Budget Policy Staement 13th December
- St John, S ( 2019) )Intergenerational impacts: The sustainability of New Zealand Superannuation23rd Annual Colloquium of Superannuation Researchers, CEPAR and Risk and Actuarial Studies in the UNSW Business School, Sydney 2-3 December 2019
November
- St John, S ( 2019) The Earned Income Tax Credit, CPAG Summit; Whereto from here, the Whakamana Tangata Report, Otago medical school, Wellington 18th November 2019
- St John, S (2019) The real problem in Winston’s case Newsroom, 13 h November 2019
- St John, S (2019) Winston’s trial this week should be a wake-up call for-everyone Daily Blog 4th November 2019
October
- St John, S (2019) The 2019 Sir Owen Woodhouse Memorial Lecture, Wellington law school, 16th October, Auckland Law school 22nd October, 2019.
Video of lecture
September
- St John, S., & Dale, M. C. (2019). Intergenerational impacts: the sustainability of New Zealand Superannuation Retirement Policy and Research Centre, prepared for the Commission for Financial Capability.
- St John, S., & M.C, Dale . (2019). Decumulation: Time to act. Auckland: Retirement Policy and Research Centre, University of Auckland, prepared for the Commission for Financial Capability
July
- St John, S (2019) Poverty not an earthquake but still a crisis Newsroom, 9th July
June
- St John, S (2019) Retirement policies falling under the radar screen Daily Blog, 30th June
- St John, S (2019) Housing is a mess. Stop messing with solutions Daily Blog , 21st June
- St John, S (2019) Break open the champagne , Daily Blog 5th June, Wellbeing budget quietly rights a wrong, Newsroom 9th June
- St John, S ( 2019) The wider picture, Senior courts conference: Stability and instability Christchurch, 8th June 2019
- St john, S and Dale, C Unfair superannuation partner rule finally dropped, RPRC, Scoop, 4th June 2019
- St John, S & J. MCallister, The cash benefit fuelling NZ’s housing crisisNewsroom30th May 2019 and StuffBad design of the Accommodation Supplement fuels NZ’s housing crisis Stuff, 3rd June, 2019
- CPAG, Press release 2019, Budget provides relief but nothing transformational for children in poverty – Child poverty Action Group , 2nd June 2019
May
- St John, S and J Cartwright (2019) ‘Get our children out of poverty’ Tui Motu Issue 2356, 2019 May
- St John, S ( 2019) Poverty and Justice ,Transformational Justice conferences 31st May and 11th June, Wellington
- St John, S (2019) Creditable but not good enough: Wellbeing Budget 2019: The great Spinoff hot-take roundtable, May 30th 2019
- St John, S ( 2019) Radio NZ, morning report and 1ZB, the poverty reduction targets 23rd May [BROKEN LINK]
- St John, S ( 2019) Media must interrogate menacing privacy breaches Newsroom 21st May 2019
- St John, S with J MacCalister and A Johnson, The Accommodation supplement: the wrong tool to fix the house. Monograph Child Poverty Action Group , 20th May 2019
- St John, S ( 2019) On welfare: What I wish Sepuloni had said Newsroom 15th May 2019
- St John, S ( 2019) I am not a conspiracy theorist but…. Daily Blog 6th May also see Welfare system report: Advocates hope for more funding , Radio NZ, 26th April 2019 and Press release: CPAG welcomes WEAG recommendations to ensure dignity for all, 3rd May
April
- St John, S (2019) Decumulation, Session on KiwiSaver, RPRC summit. The 2019 Retirement Income review and You, 26th April 2019 Auckland Business school. Also see, Has NZ missed the boat, Good Returns, and NZ missed the boat, not yet, Good Returns.
- St John, S ( 2019 ) Paying too much to keep us warm?, Daily Blog 15th April 2019
- St John, S (2019) Grasping the chance to do it better. Daily Blog 21st April and St John, S (2019) CGT is dead – time to act on alternatives, Newsroom, 30th April
- CPAG, St John, S (2019) New data on benefit sanctions show fairer treatment of those in need, April 2019 St John, S (2019 ) Call for ‘significant’ benefit increases after jump in kids living in poor households, ZB Kate Hawkesby, 3rd April, 2019
March
- St John, S (2019) Is this the best we can do? Critically examining the findings of the Tax Working Group. Panel discussion TOP, 11th March Grey Lynn RSA. See written version Of course, the left wants a capital gains tax… The Daily Blog and CGT is dead – time to act on alternatives, Newsroom 26th April
- Susan St John says the minority report from the Tax Working Group should be taken seriously if the desire is to reduce inequality and improve housing affordability Interest.co.nz, 28th March
January
- St John, S (2019) A New Zealand academic has renewed her call for government intervention to fix a “serious hole” in the country’s retirement income policies. Good returns, 11th January 2019.
2018 News
December
- St John, S (2018) Grading the government’s first year for children in poverty Spinoff Dec 30th 2018.
- St John, S (2018) Will the Tax Working Group actually address housing inequality? Daily Blog 4th December 2018
November
- St John,S (2018) Tax and inequality a commentary. Presentation to Tax Working Group Symposium Auckland 27th November, Wellington 28th November
- St John, S (2018) The Listener is manipulating NZers over retirement Daily Blog 9th November 2018
- St John, S (2018) Time for KiwiSaver default providers to smarten up? Daily Blog 2nd November 2018
October
- St John (2018) Comments on Chpt7: Retirement savings. Response to the Tax Working Group interim report October 15th 2018
- St John, S and Johnson, A (2018) Feedback on the Tax Working Group’s Interim report 30th October 2018
- St John, S (2018) Feedback on the ‘strawman’ proposal for Irish pension reform from New Zealand experience, 3st October 2018. Prepared for Insurance Ireland and TOR Financial Consulting for Consultations by the Department of Finance and Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- St John (2018) : Importance of Working for Families recognised, but problems not addressed Press release on Tax Working Group Interim Report and Commentary on interim TWG report CPAG, October 2018
- RPRC (2018) Support for bill proposing longer residency to access NZ Superannuation. The University of Auckland’s Retirement Policy and Research Centre (RPRC) welcomes the recent bill proposing that residency requirements increase from 10 years to 20 years. 2th October 2018
- RPRC (2018) KiwiSaver default provider arrangements – important issues raised from the Independent Advisors 2018. The major concern is that new KiwiSaver members who do not make their own decisions are put into the default fund of one of nine selected default providers. (17 July 2018).
- St John,S (2018) Dobbing in is a frightful blot on the face of a failed welfare system Daily Blog, October 1, 2018
September
- St John, S (2018) The Child Poverty Action Group rethinking welfare in the 21st century Opening speech to CPAG Summit, University of Otago Wellington, 12th September 2018.
- St John, S. (2018) Divestment and Decumulation – Planning for Post-Retirement Panel Financials Services Council Conference Shaping Futures, Pullman 6-7th September 2018 .
August
- St John S (2018) Reply to Eric Crampton Working for families is a payment for children The daily Blog 2nd August 2018
- St John S (2018) Reply to Jane Clifton, Listener Myths that hurt children Daily Blog 27th August, 2018 Chris Trotter’s reply Working For Families: Keeping The Wheels Of Capitalism Turning Daily Blog 28th August
July
- St John, S (2018) Working for Families under attack, Blog St John, 25th July 2018
- St John, S (2018) Working for Families perversely misunderstood, Newsroom 16th July 2018
- St John S.& So, Y (2018) How effective are 2018 policy settings for the worst-off children? Working paper 18/2, Institute for Governance and Policy Studies, Victoria University of Wellington
- St John S (2018) Policy changes to a festering sore are sadly in the far distance: Daily Blog 11th July 2018
June
- St John, S (2018) Universal Super – No steps forward. Two steps back? Daily Blog 16th June
- St John, S (2018) We can help solve child poverty – here is one crucial way how, Daily Blog, 5th June
- St John, S (2018) A-new-way-to-fix-our-housing-bubble, Newsroom, 13th June
May
- St John, S (2018) CPAG and PSA Budget breakfast presentation “Does this budget turn the tide?” The boatshed, Wellington, 17th May, 2018, and Daily Blog, 22nd May
- St John, S (2018) CPAG presentation “A budget analysis for children : Does this budget turn the tide?” Whangarei, 23rd May, 2018
- St John, S and So, Y (2018) Will children be given the help they need? CPAG background paper, 10th May 2018
April
- Johnson, A, and St John S (2018) Submission to the Tax Working Group, 30th April
- St John, S (2018) Landlords, save your crocodile tears Newsroom 19th April 2018
- St John, S (2018) The fiscal stranglehold Daily Blog, 19th April, 2018
- See also St John. S Labour/Green Economics – these fiscal rules aren’t the beginning of the end, Daily Blog, 20th March, 2017
- St John, S 2018, The huge white elephant landlord in the tax living room, Daily blog 3 April.
March
- St John, S (2018) It needs to be more than a BBQ Jacinda, Daily Blog 13th March
- St John, S ( 2018) Progressive universalisation of Working for Families A March background paper prepared for Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG)
- St John, S (2018) Submission on the Child Poverty Reduction Bill. prepared with others for Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG), March.
February
- St John, S (2018) BFM interview on the Salvation Army report, 15th February 2018
- St John, S (2018) National digs itself into child poverty hole, Newsroom 19th February, and Can National stop digging please? Daily Blog February 2018
January
- St John, S (2018) Submission on the 2018 Budget Policy Statement, and Oral submission to the Select Committee on Finance and Expenditure Committee, 27th January 2018.
- St John, S (2018) Labour’s policy rewards rich elderly, Newsroom. 24th January, 2018
- St John,S and G. Cotterell,(2018) Our social security safety net has unravelled, New Zealand Herald 22nd January 2018
- St John, S. ( 2018) Treasury mistakes with child poverty figures 19th January 2018
- St John, S (2018) Use of Nudge theory: The Winter Energy Payment Daily Blog 17th January 2018
2017 News
December
- St John, S (2017) am Show, The families package, 7am 15th December, 2017
- St John, S. with Cotterell, G., Dale C., and So, Y. Further fraying of the welfare safety net, CPAG, Launch December 18th 2017.
- St John, S ( 2017) Some personal reflections Symposium Fifty years from the Woodhouse Report. A celebration and assessment of ACC, Policy Observatory, AUT, 11th December 2017
- St John, S (2017) panel discussant- Interpreting the figures: Child Poverty Monitor Launch, Auckland City mission, 7th December, 2017
- St John, S (2017). Woodhouse at 50, Safeguard Magazine, November/December issue 166
November
- St John (2017) Critic and conscience seminar, Old Government House, 22nd November 2917
- St John, S (2017) Getting welfare right for the 21st century St Johns Rotary, Remuera golf course, November 2nd 2017
- St John, S (2017) The role of Business in enhancing family life, Kerridge partners Leadership conference, Mantels Viaduct, 3rd November,
October
- St John, S (2017) The David Wakim Memorial lecture, Columbus centre Ponsonby 5th Oct 2017
- Media interview, Loans are income claim by MSD , High Court Newshub, 27th October, 2017
- St John (2017)Tax and familiy assistance in Progressive thinking on Tax. Eds R.Thomas and K.Windelov, PSA October 2017
September
- St John, S (2017) Housing is the critical issue for the election Daily Blog 19th September 2017
- St John S & H Bull (2017) CPAG submission on The Making Tax Simpler Consultative document Inland Revenue, September 15th 2017
- St John, S (2017) Social investment: target efficiency and incentives. Beyond Social Investment, RPRC and CARE and CPAG conference 8th September 2017, University of Auckland
- St John, S (2017) Time to get rid of married/single distinctions Daily Blog 6th September 2017
- St John, s (2017) The murky illogical world of life on a benefit Newsroom, 1 September 2017
August
- St John, S (2017) Real cash injection needed to curb child poverty. NZ Herald 31st August
- St John, S, So, Y (2017), Does the living wage provide an adequate standard of living for families? Policy Quarterly Volume 13 Number 3 2017 General Election.
- St John, S (2017) “Working together: charity and advocacy for policy change” , address to Board of Variety, Parenting centre Greenlane, 15th August, 2017
- St John, S (2017) Black and White or 50 shades of grey? Daily Blog 13th August, 2017
July
- St John, S (2017 Let he who is without sin cast the first stone Daily Blog 18th July 2017
- St John, S (2017) The Green’s Breathtakingly bold benefit policies Newsroom 20th July
- St John, S, So, Y (2017) Supporting family income I New Zealand and Australia, CPAG background paper
June
- St John, S (2017) Mean petty and wrong Daily Blog 9th June 2017
April May
- St John, S (2017) Can this budget turn the tide? 18th CPAG Budget Breakfast, Mt Albert War Memorial Hall, 26th May 2017
- St John, S (2017) Time to break open New Zealand’s decade’s long poverty trap Newsroom. Future learning, 30th May 2017, and, Tough love not working June UNINEWS
- Asher I & St John, S (2017), Child health and poverty in New Zealand AUT Policy observatory, posted May 2017
- St John, S (2017) “Tax and family assistance” in Progressive thinking: Ten perspectives on tax, eds R Thomas and K Windelov, PSA, Wellington, May 22nd 2017
- St John, S (2017) “Budget 2017: Make child obesity and child poverty priorities” NewsRoom, 22nd May, 2017, and “What’s in store for Working for Families?” Newsroom, May 21st, 2017
- St John, S. (2017) NZ-Oz situation dumps on Kiwis, New Zealand Herald, 15th May 2017
- St John, S (2017) Let’s have open slather on the 1990s Daily Blog 3rd May 2017
- St John, S (2017) What century are we living in? Daily Blog 6th April 2017
- St John. S Labour/Green Economics – these fiscal rules aren’t the beginning of the end, Daily Blog, 20th March, 2017
January February March
- St John, S (2017) What would you do Prime Minister English? Daily Blog March 19,2017
- St John, S (2017) Kiwis deserve better on superannuation, Christchurch Press 8th March 2017
- St John, S & So Y. Children and the Living wage, Background paper for Child Poverty Action Group, March 2017
- St John, S (2017) “Contemporary social issues in unit standards: Child Poverty” presentation to the Commerce and Economics Teachers Association (CETA), February 28th, St Cuthberts college
- St John, S (2017) Tax cuts in store but what is Joyce thinking? Daily Blog / February 21, 2017
- St John, S (2016) oral submission to select committee on the 2016 Budget Statement, 8th February, 2017
- St John, S (2016) Visionless and exclusionary. A good future, just for people like Bill Daily Blog February 4, 2017
2016 News
December
- St John, S (2016) Shades of I, Daniel Blake, Daily Blog 12th December, 2016
- So, Y and St John, S Children and the Living Wage, CPAG backgrounder, 15th December.
- St John, S ( 2016) Scrap the unfair spousal provision. Press Release, 15th December RPRC
- St John, S. RPRC (2016) Quarterly Update, RPRC, 18th December, 2016
November
- St John, S (2016) Families adrift: The social and economic climate of the 21st century guest presenter to ANZ Transactional Analysis Association Conference ‘Rupture Repair Restore, Auckland 25th November 2016
- St John, S (2016) Decumulation, Problems, policies and potentials? Financial Advisers Boosters) Annual Conference Grosvenor Financial Services Group Ltd, Wellington 4th November 2016
October
- Law lectures: Family Law: Child Poverty, Policy and the law, Part 1 and Part 2, Law school 17th October
- St John (2016) Time for Ireland to bite the bullet, Irish Times 1 November 2016
- St John, S (2016) We really don’t know how lucky we are, New Zealand Herald, October 12th, 2016
- St John, S (2016) A Faire suck of the sauce bottle! Daily blog, 9th October
- St John, S Interview Radio NZ 12th October Migrants’ parents cost NZ ‘tens of millions’ and Deadline proposed to get 10 percent of children out of poverty 3rd October
- Dale, M and St John, S (2016) New Zealand Superannuation policy and overseas state pensions. Paper prepared for the Retirement Commissioner’s three-yearly review 2016.
September
- St John, S (2016) “New Zealand’s Kiwi Saver Lessons for Ireland”. Paper presented to Insurance Ireland summit, A universal pension for Ireland, September 13th, Dublin, Ireland.
- St John, S (2016) Irish Newstalk fm, Craig Fitzpatrick asks Susan St John: “Could New Zealand have the answer to our growing pensions crisis?” 13 September 2016
- St John, S (2016) Countering targeting by using principles of basic income. Social Security Summit 2016: Investing in children, University of Auckland, 2nd September 2016
- St John, S (2016) Auckland shows government’ policy failures writ large, Daily blog, September 2nd 2016
- St John, S et al (2016) Child poverty summit, Waatea 5th Estate 1st September 2016.
August
- St John, S (2016) University of Auckland Ballot Box Speaker Series, Owen Glen Building, 30 August 2016
- St John, S (2016) Guest lecture: “Improving policies for families and children”, New Zealand Treasury, Wellington, August 22nd 2016
- St John, S and Johnson A,(2016) Hit housing bubble through tax NZ Herald, August 12th 2016
- St John, S (2016) NZIFF FILM REVIEW: Tale of two films Daily Blog, 1st August, 2016
july
- St John, S (2016) Rethinking retirement income doesn’t require superpowers, University of Auckland Business Review, (19) vol 1 2016
- St John, S (2016) Implications of discriminatory policies for women. The ‘within gender gap’. Gender and retirement saving forum RPRC Auckland Business school, July 15 2016
- St John, S (2016) Excuse me Minister, daily Blog 13th July, 2016
- St John, S (2016) Longer parental leave would not help some babies , NZ Herald 5th July 2016
- St John, S (2016) “Kathryn’s Story” highlights the need for major welfare overhaul”, Daily Blog 2nd July
- St John, S (2016) contributions to the 2016 Retirement review, KiwiSaver, and Decumulation, RPRC Commentary papers
June
- St John, S and C. MacLennan (2016) Interview: The Horror of Kathryn’s Story, Waatea Estate TV News, 30th June
- St John, S (2016) Some babies are more special than others. Daily Blog, June 17th
- St John, S and N. Turner (2016) Child Poverty Audit. Fabian Society, Auckland Business School – 22 June
- St John, S and M.Timmins (2016) MSD Evidence Seminar: Welfare provisions for the 21st century. Wellington Ministry of Social Development, 2nd June
- St John, S and I. Asher (2016) CPAG Post budget breakfast event Nelson, 1st June
- St John, S (2016) interviewed for Small number of taxpayers bear the brunt of New Zealand tax bill June 26th Stuff.co.nz Why you’ll never be able to retire, NZ Herald June 26th
May
- St John, S. (2016) The rules for the old too good for children? Daily Blog, 30th May.
- St John, S. (2016) Family First child poverty report questioned by experts Larry Williams Drive by show 30th May
- St John, S. (2016) Get married stay married and you won’t be poor Daily Blog, 31st May
April
- St John, S. (2016) Good Policy is rarely done on the run Daily Blog, 29th April
- St John, S (2016) ‘How to save like a Kiwi’ AARP International Journal Spring 2016 (UK)
- St John, S (2016) Fix Working for Families, Workshop Department of Social Work Otago University, Dunedin, 19th May
March
- St John, S (2016) Guest lecture ‘Is there an elephant in the room?’ Mt Eden’s IKA lunchtime lecture 30 March
- St John, S (2106) Paid Parental leave CPAG submission select committee, 16th March
- St John, S and M. O’Brien Workshop on Working for Families, University of Auckland Business School,17th march
- St John, S and M. O’Brien Workshop on Working for Families, UNICEF, Wellington,21st March
- St John, S. (2016) Jam tomorrow Jam yesterday. NEVER EVER JAM TODAY! 26th March
February
- St John, S (2016) The looming demographic pensions disaster. Daily Blog, 29th February
- St John, S (2016) Can older citizens lead the way to a universal basic income? In Basic Income in the Antipodes: Perspectives from the ‘Other Side of the World’. (Editors: Jenni Mays, Greg Marston and John Tomlinson)
- St John, S (2016) Brief of evidence in the Employment Court 10th Feb
January
- St John. S (2016) The danger of NZs demographics Daily Blog, 31st January
- St John, S (2016) Why solving the gender pay gap begins at home. Spinoff 28th January
2015 News
November
- St John, S (2015) National does not understand what a work incentive requires, Daily Blog, 18th November
October
- St John, S (2015) The bizarre financialisation of tertiary education Daily Blog 29th October
- St John, S (2015) Women second class students in the neoliberal world, Daily Blog 7th October
- St John, S (2015) The unique New Zealand system for retirement income: Too simple or simply genius? Spotlight on Retirement Incomes Policy. Lunchtime seminar presented by the Australian Social Policy Association (ASPA) and the Brotherhood of St Laurence (BSL).Melbourne15th October 2015
September
- St John, S (2015), Improving the Affordability of New Zealand Superannuation, Psychosociological Issues in Human Resource Management 3(1): 81–100.
- St John, S (2015), Working for Families/incomes, Summit: Welfare fit for families in a changing world, Sept 8th, Auckland University
August
- St John,S (2015) Another week of neoliberal economics Daily Blog 9th July
- St John, S (2015) Reflections on the Budget 2015 Child Hardship Package, Policy Quarterly, Vol 11 No 3,Victoria School of Governance, Wellington
- Asher, I and St John,S (2015) Poverty, unhealthy housing and poor health in NZ children What needs to be done? Presentation to New Zealand First conference, Rotorua, 1st August.
July
- St John,S (2015) How NZ can maintain equitable superannuation NZ herald Brand Insight, July 5th
- St John,S (2015) Future proofing New Zealand Superannuation, 23rd Annual Colloquium of Superannuation Researchers7, 5-6th July 2015 CPS Research Group and the School of Risk and Actuarial Studies, UNSW, Sydney
- St John,S (2015) The cruelty of social welfare prosecutions against ‘benefit fraudsters’ Daily Blog 9th July
- St John,S (2015) CPAG oral and written submission on the Child Hardship Bill, Select committee, Wellington
June
- St John,S (2015) Sex-and-beneficiaries-19th-century-morality-in-21st-century Daily Blog 22nd June
- St John,S (2015) OECD report indicates a better policy direction is needed, CPAG press release, 16th June
- St John,S (2015) Panel Privatisation of Social Services Mt Eden, IKA 9th June
- St John,S (2015) Coupledom rules Daily Blog 8th June
- St John,S (2015) Interview on the future of New Zealand Superannuation, Insight Pensions and tensions between generations Radio NZ , 7th June
- St John,S (2015), Why are we sending women with children to prison? CPAG press release, 6th June
May
- St John,S (2015) Can we please debate New Zealand Superannuation? Daily Blog 28th May
- St John,S (2015) Carrot attack to get those lazy sole parents working Daily Blog May 26th
- St John,S and A.Johnson (2015) Budget 2015 the impact on children, CPAG Annual budget breakfast, Western Spirngs community centre May 22nd, 2017
- St John,S (2015) The Economics of Child Poverty – The Community of St Lukes Church, 130 Remuera Road, Auckland, 5th May
- St John,S (2015) Child Poverty tax and family income Law school, Guest lectures 443 Faculty of law, May 6th and May 14th
- St John,S (2015) A step change for Children, Fix Working for Families, AUT Briefing papers, May 2015
April
- S St John (2015) Of Mice and Men – try to see it, Daily Blog 14th April
- S St John(2015) Injustice will eventually be overcome. Daily Blog 2nd April
March
- S St John(2015) The Budget must get this one right: More income to fix child poverty. Daily Blog 27th March
- S St John (2015) Social Policies that affect women, UN International women’s day Breakfast, Milord 6th March
January/February
- S St John(2015) Universal basic income: let’s make a start with those over 65. Daily blog 19th February
- St John, S (2015) Child poverty is dwindling? Daily Blog 12th February
- St John, S (2015) Improving the affordability of New Zealand Superannuation Working Paper 2015-1. Auckland: Retirement Policy and Research Centre, the University of Auckland.
- St John, S (2015) “Decumulation policy in New Zealand” in Beyond April 2015: the long view on UK pension reform REFORM, London, UK