Eliminating cashless debit cards is great, but the government must be careful about what it does next
- Written by Mirella Atherton, Lecturer in Law, University of Newcastle

The Albanese government will keep its election commitment to abolish the cashless debit card. Cashless cards limited the financial autonomy of over 17,000 participants, a disproportionate number of whom are First Nations people.
The cashless debit card represents a payment partnership that has linked the welfare system with the...