Reserving the right: Social Services Minister Amanda Rishworth during question time last Thursday.
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By keeping the BasicsCard, the federal government seems not to have taken on board the lessons from the soon to be scrapped cashless debit card
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Senators have granted a two-year extension to a program for which there is little supporting evidence.
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The Morrison government has introduced a bill to parliament to make the cashless debit card trial ‘ongoing’.