Pat Conaghan (Cowper, National Party, Shadow Assistant Minister for Social Services) | Hansard source

Talk about misinformation and disinformation! It was never proposed that pensioners would go on the cashless debit card scheme. That was a Labor lie at the last election. I'll tell you some facts about the cashless debit card, because I've been up to those communities, I've been to the Northern Territory. Once the cashless debit card was abolished, we saw domestic violence incidents go up by 57 per cent, and assaults went up by 48 per cent in those communities. Anecdotally and statistically, we were being told that the cashless debit card worked, because kids were getting fed, they were safe at home and rents were being paid. Labor comes in here and says, 'It's forcing people. It's terrible that we're managing their money.' How much do you spend in your weekly shopping bill? Do you have 20 per cent cash at home? I certainly don't. I wonder if the members across—

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