Cashless welfare cards have exploded as an Australian election issue, with the Labor party accused of running a scare campaign by the Liberal party, so here’s what you should know.

The MP For Richmond told her Facebook followers: “If reelected, Scott Morrison will force pensioners on to the cashless welfare card. The plan will put 80% of your pension on a card that will ...

Ceduna’s trial would see all working-age welfare recipients get 80 per cent of their payments on a cashless debit card and 20 per cent in their existing account. It also allows aged pensioners ...

The controversial cashless debit card has been all but axed, paving the way for more than 17,000 people living in remote communities to come off the card next week.

BOSTON — Switching to a cashless system for administering welfare benefits might help crack down on public assistance fraud, but the move isn't economically feasible, according to a new report.

Canberra has plans to open issuance of cashless welfare debit cards The big four banks are on a technology working group, alongside Australia Post and the country's supermarket giants.

Published: October 21, 2015 11:21pm EDT The legislation for the “cashless welfare card” trials passed the Senate last week with bipartisan support.

To ensure card users do not end up with more than 20 per cent of their welfare in cash, welfare bank accounts limit the amount users can transfer to their own (unrestricted) bank accounts to $200 ...

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australia's prime minister is eyeing plans for a cashless debit card for welfare recipients and defended a proposal to drug test some job seekers, setting the government on a ...

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.