cashless debit card will be expanded to Western Australia's Goldfields region

The federal government's cashless debit card will be expanded to Western Australia's Goldfields region after legislation cleared the Senate

Source: AAP

Existing sites in Ceduna in South Australia and W-A's East Kimberley area will have their trials extended to June 2019 after the Nick Xenophon Team and other crossbenchers supported the bill.

   

Under the scheme, 80 per cent of a welfare recipient's income is loaded onto a non-cash debit card which cannot be used to gamble or buy alcohol.

Social Security Minister Dan Tehan has told Sky News the cards are making a real difference to lives in communities

 

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