Victorian-era Policies

RNZ : Will ‘move on’ orders for rough sleepers make cities safer – or revive Victorian‑era cruelty?

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Frames the bill as a regressive revival of outdated, cruel approaches to poverty.

The article draws a direct moral and historical comparison to colonial vagrancy laws, using terms like 'uncomfortable echoes' and 'Victorian-era cruelty' to condemn the bill’s philosophy.

“There are uncomfortable echoes of that approach in the proposed legislation.”