Seymour announces welfare overhaul framing benefits as temporary support

ACT leader and Deputy Prime Minister David Seymour unveiled a welfare policy on 28 June reframing benefits as a hand-up rather than long-term income. The plan centres on personal responsibility and work as the primary goal for working-age recipients, with three focus areas: fairness, embedded obligations, and employment expectations. ACT has not released full costings, a legislative timeline, or details on which benefits would be affected.