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…
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 …
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…
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 …
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…
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…
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…
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…