on 20-01-2016 08:32 AM
Could this be the end of the tragedy of alcohol fueled violence and child neglect.
A cashless welfare card aimed at stemming alcohol abuse would be rolled out across the country under a welfare reform the Turnbull government is considering taking to the election.
As regional trouble spots line up to be chosen for trials of the government’s new Healthy Welfare Card to begin next month, The Australian understands the Coalition may seek an election mandate to extend the card to welfare recipients across regional Australia if they achieve positive results.
Under the new system — proposed by mining magnate Andrew Forrest in his review of the welfare system in 2014 — 80 per cent of a person’s government payment would be quarantined to a bank card that could not be used to buy alcohol and gambling products, nor converted to cash.
The remaining 20 per cent could be accessible as cash.
on 21-01-2016 09:11 AM
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on 21-01-2016 09:56 AM
There's some things you just don't reply to.
This is an important reform and needed to be done decades ago but no government was game to go near it but now that the welfare budget is nearly as big as the health budget something has to be done and to safeguard the disadvantaged with a safety net which is what the government is trying to do.
on 21-01-2016 10:00 AM
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on 21-01-2016 10:15 AM
The emojie was not directed to you but to the lurker who posted the 3 smiley faces.