Axing Cashless Debit Card Risky for Remote Australian Aboriginal Communities

Axing Cashless Debit Card Risky for Remote Australian Aboriginal Communities
Now Northern Territory senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price speaking at an event Supplied
Steve Milne
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Australian centre-right Liberal senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price has warned that the government’s plan to scrap the Cashless Debit Card system could lead to a resurgence in alcohol-related crime and violence in remote Australian Aboriginal communities.

Meanwhile, towns where the system has been implemented, say it has been successful in reducing alcoholism and related crime and note the lack of consultation over the abolition of the program and what will replace it.

Steve Milne
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