There still remains a large difference between the benefits of working and being on a benefit. Even after these increases, a jobseeker support benefit is $315 a week. It is not a lot of money to live on: to pay for the basics, to put food on the table, to pay your power bill. These are not overly generous entitlements, and I think one of the reasons why New Zealanders up and down the country have backed these changes is that they saw how hard it was during COVID. They felt vulnerable themselves. They saw the support that the Government was giving via employers of $580 a week per full-time employer and they thought, "Wow, those benefits are low in comparison; we need to move them."