The expectation that if you're getting a jobseekers' benefit you should be looking for work is perfectly reasonable - until you step into the chaotic lives of some beneficiaries
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To middle New Zealand, or someone who's never been stuck on a benefit before, it may seem fair enough that people who survive on taxpayer-funded cash should at least be making an effort to look for work.
And if they don't do that, surely it's not unreasonable to apply sanctions to them?
That's only fair to the hard working New Zealanders who are helping them out.
These were the words being pounded out by Prime Minister Chris Luxon - "right and fair"; "we're not asking much"; "not difficult obligations"; "responsibility to do the minimum" - as he announc
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