Despite the National Party quoting so-called research that shows the negative effects of long-term dependency, what the research tells us about work-test sanctions and sanctions overall in the welfare system is that they do not work. They do not work to support our whānau into employment. They do not support people into aspirational empowerment situations. We've got multiple research that supports this, including the Australian Journal of Social Issues, that found that work obligations do not support people into work. The Ministry of Social Development's (MSD's) own modelling has shown that there's no evidence that the status quo is achieving desired outcomes to help people into employment. 