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
- 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