The Turnbull Government has selected the south-western Sydney area of Canterbury-Bankstown as the first location for a proposed drug-testing trial of new jobseekers.
Welfare recipients in the area could be randomly tested for drugs from the start of next year.
The Turnbull Government has announced Sydney's Canterbury-Bankstown area as the first of three locations for a controversial proposed drug-testing trial of new jobseekers.
The selection has been driven by a high number of new welfare entrants and an increase in ice-fuelled hospitalisations in the area.
Social Services Minister Christian Porter says the trial would be focused on helping jobseekers overcome drug problems and secure work.
