The is no evidence the cashless welfare card,which the Prime Minister has been promoting all week,will help the unemployed find jobs or live healthier lives.
Federal Nationals MPs are urging their party to back an Australia-wide rollout of cashless debit cards for welfare recipients under 35 and an inquiry into welfare payments.
The government wants to give cashless debit cards to welfare recipients around Australia. What is the idea behind the cards,how much will all this cost,and have they worked so far?
The Morrison government says it will cancel welfare payments if people refuse to take part in its drug testing trial.
A drug and alcohol treatment centre on the front line of the federal government's cashless welfare card trial says the program is not reducing substance abuse.
The PM's simplistic opinion that keeping Newstart low gives people have an incentive to work actually has the opposite effect.
Every major medical,health and community welfare organisation in Australia has opposed the initiative and said there are better ways.
The PM has strongly defended his government's plan to drug test the unemployed,saying it was"unkind"to suggest it was a cost-saving exercise.
The cashless welfare card is one step closer to a nation-wide rollout.
Understanding the life experience of one Liberal MP goes some way to explaining why the Morrison government is determined to push ahead with its welfare plan.
Scott Morrison is eyeing a national roll out of the controversial cashless debit card but says communities must embrace the program before an expansion.