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Time to abolish compulsory income management

John Paterson, Monday, 24th October 2022 -  The Aboriginal population in the Northern Territory has borne the brunt of government-mandated income management for too many years, writes Dr John Paterson. It was income inequality…

Labor moves to scrap cashless welfare card, introduce 10 days domestic violence leave

Danielle Kutchel, Thursday, 28th July 2022 -  The for purpose sector will be watching the passages of both pieces of legislation and their respective debates closely.  The Albanese government has introduced legislation to …

Abolishing the Cashless Debit Card is a good first step

David Tennant, Monday, 11th July 2022 -  The move provides an important opportunity to consider a bigger question – how did Australia’s social services legislation become a vehicle for punishing benefit recipients, writes…

Can the Cashless Debit Card evolve from being a blunt compliance tool?

David Tennant, Wednesday, 12th January 2022 -  David Tennant and Gerard Brody take a look at the somewhat murky evolution of the Cashless Debit Card scheme and what the future holds for it.  In late October, a small but important …

Punitive Welfare Conditions Don’t Address Drug Addiction, Unemployment or Service Needs

Contributor, Wednesday, 6th February 2019 -  The most appropriate method to tackle the social harms related to substance use is to invest in targeted, accessible, well-resourced and stigma-free counselling and rehabilitation…

Cashless Debit Card Trial to Be Expanded to New Region

Luke Michael, Wednesday, 14th February 2018 -  The federal government’s controversial cashless debit card will be expanded to welfare participants in Western Australia’s Goldfields region, after legislation passed…

Political Parties Argue Plans to Extend Cashless Debit Card

Lina Caneva, Wednesday, 6th December 2017 -  Federal plans to extend the controversial trial sites of the cashless debit card have resulted in a dispute between the government, Labor and the Greens about the location and ongoing…

Government’s Cashless Debit Card Trials to be Extended

Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 14th March 2017 -  The federal government is to extend the use of the controversial cashless debit card in trial sites in Ceduna in South Australia and East Kimberley in Western Australia despite community…

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