ACT pushes welfare overhaul beyond government's 2024 reforms

ACT released a welfare policy on 28 June positioning the benefit system as temporary support with stronger work obligations and tougher sanctions. The package goes further than the government's 2024 reforms, signalling structural change rather than tightening existing rules. David Seymour frames it as a cost-of-living measure and coalition differentiation on an issue where National holds the Social Development portfolio.