The Australian government in 2016 introduced the trial of a welfare quarantining system, via a Cashless Debit Card (CDC), that aimed to govern how those in receipt of welfare spend the money, with ...

Australia's cashless welfare cards to go contactless while existing trials are extended Canberra has also introduced a 1% interest rate on account balances.

Australia will expand the roll-out of cashless welfare cards after a pilot scheme showed a sharp drop in problem alcohol, drug and gambling abuse, the country’s prime minister said Friday.

The cashless welfare card trial being run by commonwealth Department of Social Services officials at Ceduna in South Australia’s far west and in the tropical East Kimberley townships of Wyndham ...

Who’s really behaving badly? Confronting Australia’s cashless welfare card Published: December 10, 2020 4:00am EST The government’s Cashless Debit Card almost fell apart on Wednesday night.

The cashless debit card is making life better for thousands of Australians. But it is now clear that at the next election the future of this positive change in welfare policy hangs in the balance.

The cards freeze 80 per cent of a recipient’s welfare unless it is spent on items deemed necessary by the government. It argues CDCs reduced spending on alcohol, drugs and gambling.

Cashless welfare cards have been “trialled” for more than 12 months at Kununurra and Wyndham in Western Australia’s East Kimberley and at Ceduna in South Australia.

The controversial cashless welfare card will be extended to Bundaberg and Hervey Bay in Queensland after the government secured victory in the Senate. About 6000 young welfare recipients in two ...

The cards quarantine 80 per cent of welfare payments, which cannot be used to buy booze or gamble, but can pay for housing, food, clothing, household supplies and essentials.