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Targeting Financial Assistance to Those Most in Need

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AI-generatedThis is a domestic New Zealand welfare policy change with no direct commercial mechanism. It affects government transfer payments and individual eligibility, not commodity prices, corporate margins, or supply chains. No company, sector, or product is impacted commercially.
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- New Zealand introduces bill tightening Jobseeker Support eligibility for 18-19 year olds via Parental Assistance Test.
- Accommodation Supplement calculation changed: homeowners must contribute 40% of income instead of 30%.
- Bill aims to improve fiscal sustainability of welfare system and encourage education or work.
- Bill introduced by Social Development and Employment Minister Louise Upston.
- Bill to be reviewed by Social Services and Community Select Committee.
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