In November 2019, Cabinet endorsed the long-term welfare overhaul work programme to build towards that vision. As part of the welfare overhaul work programme, we committed to continue to explore the removal of ineffective obligations and sanctions that were recommended by the Welfare Expert Advisory Group. The short-term focus of that work is on the sanctions that impact children and their families and whānau. Initial progress on this review of obligations and sanctions has included the repeal of section 192 of the Social Security Act 2018 in April of 2020, which previously sanctioned sole parent beneficiaries who did not identify the other parent of their child.