Draft laws to expand trials of the Turnbull government's cashless welfare cards to Queensland have been introduced to parliament, months after the idea was shelved.
Bundaberg and Hervey Bay would be the fourth trial sites for the scheme if legislation introduced by Social Services Minister Dan Tehan on Wednesday is passed.
It will affect 6700 people on welfare, making it the largest of all the card trial sites.
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.
Legislation to expand the trial to the Queensland towns and the West Australian Goldfields was introduced in February.
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A rollout to the Goldfields site was secured as part of a deal to secure Senate support, while the Queensland trials were shelved.
The Bundaberg and Hervey Bay trials would take the total number of participants to 15,000.
