Indigenous groups condemn cashless cards as Labor pushes for voluntary scheme

Indigenous organisations have condemned federal Coalition plans to expand the use of cashless welfare cards at a Senate inquiry.

The cashless welfare card.

A person holds a cashless welfare card. Source: AAP

Indigenous groups have accused the imposing of cashless welfare cards as placing unwarranted “stress and trauma” on families, at a Senate inquiry into the measure held in the Top End.

Community advocates raised concerns over the scheme being an attack on the rights of welfare users, at the hearing held in Darwin on Monday.

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