Rachel Siewert (WA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

How long will it take to work out that process? I appreciate that, as I understand it, you are rolling these out into areas on a progressive basis. When do you envisage it happening, and what level of consultation will be carried out to ensure that the system is actually going to work? There is evidence from overseas that it has not worked. I am aware that it took the Tangentyere Council in Alice Springs quite a while to get the Centrepay system that they currently operate there to work. When they first got it running they found that it was very difficult to operate it with the major retail chains. Do you intend to enter into some sort of relationship with some of the major retail chains as well, and are you considering going to a private operator to operate this sort of system?