Oxfam report is fake news and demonstrates why it should lose charitable status
22 JANUARY 2019
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
While Oxfam claims inequality is increasing and uses its latest report to push a political campaign, the official data shows the complete opposite, says the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union.
Taxpayers‘ Union Executive Director Jordan Williams says, “Oxfam bases their conclusions from the Credit Suisse Global Wealth Databook 2018. That report shows wealth inequality in New Zealand measured by the Gini coefficient falling from 72.3 to 70.8. Instead
of using a comprehensive statistic like the Gini coefficient, Oxfam abandon any of their residual credibility and
instead choose to cherry-pick two wealthy New Zealanders and highlight their improved financial position. It is a
dishonest political manipulation of public debate.”
“As is clear from this campaign, Oxfam is little more than a left-wing political campaign group. In the same way that
Family First and the Sensible Sentencing Trust are not allowed charitable status, it is time the same rules were applied
to Oxfam and it was deregistered as a charity.”
ENDS