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Thursday, 11 March 2021, 3:05 pm
The Green Party is backing the calls for the ‘fatally
flawed’ Oranga Tamariki (Youth Justice Demerit Points)
Amendment Bill to be rejected.
“We already know,
based on evidence, that the kind of approach this Bill
represents will only cause more harm to vulnerable children
and young people, will lead to reoffending and will not keep
our communities safe,” Green Party spokesperson for
Justice Golriz Ghahraman says.
The Bill, currently in
front of the Social Services and Community Select Committee,
has been called ‘fatally flawed’ by Children’s
Commissioner Judge Andrew Becroft, and rejection calls have
been heard from a number of submitters including Professor
Teenagers receiving youth benefits say they’re being harmed by a controversial welfare policy that’s meant to help them, with some forced to choose between going hungry or paying rent. Since 2012, 16 to 20-year-olds who receive the Youth Payment or Young Parent Payment have had access to their money strictly controlled by the state. Rent and bills are paid directly to landlords. Most of what’s leftover is put on a payment card that can only be used at certain shops and cannot be used to buy alcohol, cigarettes or electronics. Youth are then given up to $50 a week in cash, but some receive a lot less after their expenses are paid.