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Government picks first area for proposed drug-testing of jobseekers

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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.


 Image: Samples await drug-testing in a lab (SBS)


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