Concetta Fierravanti-Wells (NSW, Liberal Party, Minister for International Development and the Pacific) Share this | Hansard source

There's a large amount of community support for the card to be trialled in communities in the Goldfields and in the Hervey Bay area in Queensland. Just ask, as Senator Brockman has said, the member for O'Connor and, of course, the member for Hinkler about their communities and what their communities are telling them. The five shires of the Goldfields told the Prime Minister that they want to see the card, because they believe it will improve life in their communities. As the community in Hinkler has told their representative, over 75 per cent of that community want the card. Even the former Labor member for Hinkler, Brian Courtice, has written to voice his support for the card in the Hervey Bay area, and I'd like to quote what he has to say: 'Put politics aside and speak up for those who can't speak for themselves on this issue.' The cashless debit card in the electorate of Hinkler is worth a go to try and give children and young people a future, and those opposite should heed those words.