Labor’s cashless welfare bill criticised as disproportionately affecting First Nations people

Critics claim the bill could see government further expand income management policies

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Indigenous organisations and welfare advocates have blasted a government bill they say cements controversial cashless welfare policies that disproportionately affect First Nations people.

Labor abolished the cashless debit card that operated in several trial sites but has kept income management in the Northern Territory, where about 20,000 mostly Indigenous welfare recipients are forced on to the basics card".

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