Senate debates Bills

Social Services Legislation Amendment (Cashless Debit Card Trial Expansion) Bill 2018; In Committee


Mitch Fifield

Mitch Fifield Victoria, Liberal Party, Minister for Communications and the Arts

1:24 pm

I'm advised that the costs of delivering the CDC trial are projected to go below $2,000 per participant once the program is expanded to the Bundaberg and Hervey Bay region—unlike recent comments suggesting, as you have, that the cost of the CDC trial is around $10,000 per person.

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