3rd Reading TODAY for the Social Security (Benefit Categories and Work Focus) Amendment Bill: What can we still be doing?

Families Children and Parents Together
The Social Security (Benefit Categories and Work Focus) Amendment Bill will either become law after the vote today or be dropped. There are no more Readings or votes. Today is the last Vote.  Please do all you can to get the MPs to Vote against this Bill (details below)
The Bill with submissions, amendments and the SOPs and Committee of the whole house etc:
First off please send THANKYOU emails to New Zealand First. We want them to know that we really appreciate that they voted against this Bill at the Second Reading. We want them to continue to vote against this Bill at the Third Reading (and last Reading) today:

Copy and paste these emails in the “to” or “bcc” box:

Asenati.Lole-Taylor@parliament.govt.nz, Tracey.martin@parliament.govt.nz, denis.orourke@parliament.govt.nz, NZFirst@parliament.govt.nz, Richard.prosser@parliament.govt.nz, barbara.stewart@parliament.govt.nz, Andrew.williams@parliament.govt.nz
The 3rd Reading should NOT be TODAY – look at some of  the unanswered questions in Parliament about this Bill and we have a lot more:
2978 (2013). Metiria Turei to the Minister for Social Development (21 Mar 2013): In relation to her answer to question 8969 (2012), what instructions will be given to WINZ case managers about any discretion they have to not apply sanctions to beneficiaries who don’t take all reasonable steps to put their child in 15 hours a week of ECE?
Hon Paula Bennett (Minister for Social Development) replied: Reply due: 02 Apr 2013
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2976 (2013). Metiria Turei to the Minister for Social Development (21 Mar 2013): In relation to her answer to question 8969 (2012), what instructions will be given to WINZ case managers about any discretion they have to not apply sanctions to beneficiaries who don’t put their child in 15 hours a week of ECE.
Hon Paula Bennett (Minister for Social Development) replied: Reply due: 02 Apr 2013
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3568 (2013). Hone Harawira to the Minister for Social Development (27 Mar 2013): What are the consequences for people whom Work and Income are assisting if they are invited to attend an Limited Service Volunteer scheme as part of work readiness activities and they decline the opportunity?
Hon Paula Bennett (Minister for Social Development) replied: Reply due: 08 Apr 2013
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2979 (2013). Metiria Turei to the Minister for Social Development (21 Mar 2013): In relation to her answer to question 8969 (2012) will a person who is in receipt of the benefit, but works part time have the same social obligations as other beneficiary parents?
Hon Paula Bennett (Minister for Social Development) replied: Reply due: 02 Apr 2013
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After reading the Select Committee’s report and the SOP we have a lot of questions. There is a lot of room for in the Bill to still make things very hard for families on the benefit.

 ACTION STATION

If you have not emailed and/or rung Peter Dunne and John Banks this week please do so immediately.

Peter Dunne: peter.dunne@parliament.govt.nz, ohariu.mp@parliament.govt.nz

John Banks: johnbanks.epsom@parliament.govt.nz, john.banks@act.org.nz

Put in your subject line as the MPs might not be able to read every email if they get a lot of emails: Please vote against the Social Security (Benefit Categories and Work Focus) Amendment Bill

My emails for you to use as a guide targeting their stand on this issue from their Party ideals:

Peter Dunne: https://hef.org.nz/2013/home-education-foundations-email-to-peter-dunne/

John Banks: https://hef.org.nz/2013/home-education-foundations-email-to-john-banks/

Please also ring the MPs. You will probably not be able to talk to the MPs. I have been trying to ring them for several days and I only get their secretaries. When you ring them please make sure you tell the secretaries that you want the MP to vote against the Social Security (Benefit Categories and Work Focus) Amendment Bill while the Social and Work Obligations and Sanctions are still in the Bill.

ACT:  John Banks  (04) 817 9999  (corrected phone number-you will be transferred to his office)

United Future:  Peter Dunne 04 817 6827

THE ISSUES as I see them again:

We will fight this Bill:

1. While ECE is compulsory for any 3 and 4 year old child

2. While the Government is making it compulsory for any mother to have to go to work while she still has children at home

3. While it is compulsory for any child to have to complete the Well Child Checks

4. While our freedoms are slowly being taken from us

Encouragement:

Peter Dunne has changed his vote in the past at the 3rd Reading. So although it is very rare for a Bill to have a different outcome at the 3rd Reading from the 2nd Reading we have lots of hope that this Bill will be one of those rare Bills to change at the 3rd Reading.

So please, please, please write emails and ring these two MPs. It will be the volumne of emails and phone calls that will sway these MPs.

Thankyou to everyone who writes an email and/or rings Peter Dunne and/or John Banks.

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In 1877 New Zealanders lost the freedom to educate our children at home without applying for permission. Our forefathers let us down by not standing up for their rights.

In 2013, will we be the generation that begins to lose the freedom to preschool our own children, to make our own decisions about health care, or to invest our time in our families above a job?

We say NO

Let us protect the children of Beneficiaries

Because this could extend to ALL children

if this passes

SPEAK NOW OR FOREVER HOLD YOUR PEACE

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Please feel free to repost, forward or pass on  this email

Please do so with the whole post. Thankyou

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Related Links:

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From the Smiths:

https://hef.org.nz/2011/craig-smith-26-january-1951-to-30-september-2011/

Updated 5 October 2012:  One year on (Craig Smith’s Health) page 7 click here

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Needing help for your home schooling journey:

https://hef.org.nz/2011/needing-help-for-your-home-schooling-journey-2/

And

Here are a couple of links to get you started home schooling:

https://hef.org.nz/getting-started-2/

and

https://hef.org.nz/exemptions/

This link is motivational: https://hef.org.nz/2012/home-schooling-what-is-it-all-about/

Exemption Form online: https://hef.org.nz/2012/home-schooling-exemption-form-now-online/

Coming Events: https://hef.org.nz/2013/some-coming-events-for-home-education-during-2013-2/

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Social Security (Benefit Categories and Work Focus) Amendment Bill

https://hef.org.nz/2012/make-a-submission-reject-compulsory-early-education-for-3-year-olds/