Social Welfare
Advocate continued state support for those with chronic conditions who are genuinely incapable of supporting themselves For the able-bodied, introduce 5-year lifetime limits for reliance on welfare in respect of unemployment and domestic purposes benefits Welfare beneficiaries who are able to do so, should be required to work full time or undertake a 40-hour week of work activity Require regular interviews with case managers for those on the sickness benefit for more than six months Further limit eligibility for the domestic purposes benefit by requiring a mother to name the father of her child
Investigate the implementation of a Universal Basic Income for every New Zealander Repeal the much amended, complex and cumbersome Social Security Act 1964, and replacing it with a new and clearly written Social Security Act Make the first $5000 of everyone's income tax-free as part of ecological tax reform, which will help reduce problems with abatement rates Maintain universal New Zealand Superannuation for all New Zealanders 65 years and older, adjusted annually in accordance with movement in the Consumer Price Index published by the Department of Statistics Introduce a Universal Child Benefit of $15 per week for the first child and $10 per week for every subsequent child
Extend family tax relief to a further 60,000 working families by increasing the amount of income a family may earn before they stop getting the maximum family support rates from $27,500 to $35,000 and reducing the abatement rate from 30% to 20% Introduce legislation next year to carry out the most comprehensive and positive social assistance reform since our system was designed almost 70 years ago Dramatically reduce the time spent on administration and allow case managers to focus more on moving people into work Extend the support provided for grandparents raising grandchildren and other carers on a pension, in particular those taking on caring due to family breakdown, to provide them with the sort of allowances provided to foster parents On 1 April 2007 increase Family Support rates again by $10 for every child
Work to reduce the number on benefits from over 300,000 to 200,000 over 10 years Conduct numeracy and literacy assessments of those seeking the dole, and arrange assistance for those needing help Implement a more thorough medical evaluation process for sickness and invalids’ benefits Require those on the dole to be available for community service or retraining Require DPB recipients to undertake part-time employment, retraining or community service from the time their youngest child reaches school age
Develop a comprehensive package of parent support and guidance programmes Ensure greater scrutiny of the benefit system for those moving from the unemployment system onto the sickness benefit Resurrect the policy of a community wage, paid to those who are unable to reasonably find paid employment but who will be expected to make a contribution back to the community which is paying them Ensure the needs of retired New Zealanders are met through a sustainable superannuation scheme Incrementally raise the base minimum level of New Zealand Superannuation to 72.5% of the net average wage
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