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Off Benefit and Into Work - PM Press Conference
Welfare Reform Programme
PM's Press
Conference Monday 27th Feb, 2012
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By Mark P. Williams
CONTENT:
Prime Minister John Key is joined by Social Development Minister Paula Bennett to explain the government's new Welfare Reform Programme. The PM outlines the proposals before handing over to the Hon Paula Bennett to give more specific detail. Both the Prime Minister and the Hon Paula Bennett answered questions on the Reform Programme.
The PM then answered questions on a
variety of other topics:
- The Bail Reform Bill
- The
current situation regarding the Ports of Auckland
dispute
- New Zealand's Ambassador Mike Moore
- The
progress of the OIO on Crafar Farms
- Auckland transport
and local government refom
- Whether Oscar winner Brett
McKenzie should write a new national anthem
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Mark P. Williams
Political Journalist and Independent Academic Researcher
Journalist and independent academic researcher with primary interests in politics and literature.
As a researcher I am a contributor to various academic publications, including Alluvium journal of 21st century literature, The Literary London Journal, The Irish Journal of Gothic and Horror Studies, and Critical Engagements: Journal of the UK Network for Modern Fiction Studies (UKNMFS).
As a journalist, I have worked as Parliamentary reporter for Scoop Independent Media and International editor for the Scoop Review of Books.
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