esayaf
Community Member
Valid point joh. Also having experience with Centrelinks app I'm worried that this card will not work most of the time as their app constantly claims "service not available try again later". As a diabetic I guess I could ring an ambulance and get taken to hospital if I'm unable to eat due to the card not working but that'll cost taxpayers more.
The card is going to push up the cost of administration of welfare surely those that are concerned "their" money is already being wasted by welfare recipients should be concerned about higher administration costs

esayaf
Community Member
If the card does eventuate. I will be seeking to start a class action against the government over it.

Annoys me when many of the welfare bashers put people down with little money who try to claim as much as they legitimately can, At the same time they themselves are quite happy to come up with questionable tax deductions so they can have even more money they are entitled to.

 

A cashless card for those who have a track record of financial mismanagement maybe, but certainly not as a default method, especially not because of your postcode.

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ASSUMPTION IS THE MOTHER OF ALL STUFF UPS!!

esayaf
Community Member
Quite obviously every one has forgotten that the basics card introduced in the northern territory was a failure. So how is calling it a different name going to now make it successfull

Thanks, Tazz

 

Very informative reading

esayaf
Community Member
Especially the bit about it costing $4500 to $7000 to administer for each participant. That's good use of taxpayers money

esayaf
Community Member
So basically if the government does a trial and it doesn't work they just change the name and do it again. Such a shame that the money being wasted isn't going to health or the like

Read Tazz's links

 

There are trials being done now in selected areas

in NSW, Vic, SA and Qld

esayaf
Community Member
I did read them. How do you think I got the figures