Labor frontbencher says proposal makes life harder not only for those on the card but for their local shops and businesses
Tony Burke has given the strongest indication yet that Labor plans to push back against Scott Morrison’s “compassionate conservative” agenda on welfare, as the government flags a national rollout of cashless debit cards.
Just days after reviving the drug testing policy for Newstart recipients which failed to pass the last parliament, the prime minister has told Nine newspapers the government will extend its cashless debit card program, despite the auditor general finding it was “unclear” whether it had any positive impacts.
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