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Temporary pause lifted on Cashless Debit Card trial, nearly 4,000 people to be put on welfare card in weeks
The Social Services Minister has declared she wants to return to “business as usual” after ending a temporary pause on new participants for the federal government’s controversial cashless welfare card trial.
Key points:
- The temporary pause was put in place on March 26 last year in response to COVID-19
- It has been lifted just as the government’s JobKeeper payments are due to end on March 28
- Nearly 4,000 people will be forced onto the card in coming weeks at four trial sites across Australia
Under the Cashless Debit Card (CDC) program, 80 per cent of an individual’s welfare payments are quarantined on a card that cannot be used to purchase alcohol or gambling products.
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