13 Aug 2024

Advocacy group call govt sanctions 'beneficiary bashing'

From Morning Report, 8:10 am on 13 August 2024

The government is defending it's "tough love" approach for beneficiaries not meeting their obligations, but some advocacy groups say the changes are nothing more than beneficiary bashing and will do more harm than good. Wellington's Downtown Community Ministry chief executive Steve Turnock spoke to Guyon Espiner.