Pressure is mounting on Anthony Albanese to bring back the cashless debit card, with Peter Dutton claiming 'the rivers of grog are flowing' and violence is on the rise.
Labor arguing it"diminishes people's self-worth" and is"discriminatory"The card had been introduced by the Coalition in 2016 and allocated 80 per cent of the recipient's welfare payments to be used like a normal debit card with money unable to be withdrawn or spent on gambling and alcohol.
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has said Anthony Albanese should reinstate the cashless debit card. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Martin Ollman "That's the contrast, so I can't understand why the Prime Minister can't reconsider his decision to remove the cashless debit card because the decision that the Prime Minister has made has resulted in an increase in violence in communities like this.Mr Dutton said the Albanese Government is making it more difficult for state and local governments to address violence and alcohol-related issues in the affected communities by"working against them".
Welfare recipients who were on the cashless debit card in the four regions can volunteer to still be subject to income management through a new smart card. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has defended the introduction of the new smart card. Picture: NCA NewsWire /Philip Gostelow
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