Senate debates Bills

Social Security Legislation Amendment (Debit Card Trial) Bill 2015; In Committee


Mitch Fifield

Mitch Fifield Victoria, Liberal Party, Manager of Government Business in the Senate

12:10 pm

Let me see if I can seek to clarify this issue so that there is no confusion. The debit card will work only on the food-only terminal. Someone who had a debit card but was wanting to pay for alcohol with cash or with another card linked to their own account would do so on the same terminal as everyone else. There would be a terminal that all alcohol purchases would go through and, if someone were using the debit card for food, that would go through the debit card terminal—and anyone else could use that terminal as well.

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