Coalition ministers praise trials after report says there has been a reduction in drinking and gamblingMalcolm Turnbull has described the Coalition’s cashless welfare debit card as “an exercise in practical love” while announcing Kalgoorlie as the third trial site for the card. “It is also important to remember that in this community, in the Goldfields, most of the people who will be on the cashless card are non-Indigenous. It found 48% of gamblers who were using the cashless card reported gambling less. “We are also noting places that have had the cashless welfare card, they certainly don’t want to go back to the alternate system. Especially for families, especially for mothers, for kids.”In the 2017-18 budget, the Turnbull government announced it would expand the cashless debit card into two new regions.

Source: The Guardian September 01, 2017 02:08 UTC