The government says cashless debit cards can be used for legal sex services because the cards are designed to be"as non-interventionist as possible".
The Morrison government wants people on Newstart to get a job. An Anglicare report says the jobs don't exist.
It never ceases to surprise me that a prime minister so ready to proclaim his Christian faith is so hard of heart when it comes to people on benefits (age pensioners excepted).
The government's drug testing policy puts Canterbury-Bankstown council in the unusual position of hosting a trial it doesn’t want.
The Coalition wants Labor to back a crackdown on paedophiles,but it would mean the ALP would have to go against its own national platform.
Government officials say up to 450 people might return one positive test in its welfare drug-testing trial,and 90 to 120 are expected to return a second positive test.
Marcia Langton threw her support behind the cashless welfare card in 2017,now the Indigenous Australian says the program is"big stick to punish the poor".
The Morrison government wants to toughen up Newstart's waiting period requirements for people with liquid assets.
I am having trouble remembering Scott Morrison mentioning his urine and saliva policy during the election campaign.
The National Party is calling for more money for welfare recipients,but has stopped short of calling for an increase to Newstart.
Kerryn is one of about 15,000 Australians on the cashless welfare card. A single mother of four,she cannot talk about the card's impact on her nine-year-old daughter without crying.