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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
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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...

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