Federal Labor has reneged on its pre-election promise to end compulsory income management by introducing the聽new聽Indue聽SmartCard. Isaac Nellist reports.
Indue card
The privately-run Indue Cashless Card has been scrapped, although聽some communities in the NT will still be forced to use a cashless debit card. Alex Salmon reports.
Labor has said it will聽work聽with local communities 鈥on better local solutions鈥 to the cashless debit card, leaving it a little ambiguous. Alex Bainbridge argues that all income management聽needs to聽stop.
What will happen聽to the pernicious cashless debit card聽scheme after the election?聽Labor has promised to make the scheme voluntary and the Coalition claims not to have a plan to expand it. But can either be trusted?聽Alex Bainbridge and Vivien Miley 谤别辫辞谤迟.听