Mitch Fifield (Victoria, Liberal Party, Minister for Communications and the Arts) Share this | Hansard source

The cashless debit card is also about an affordable welfare system and our belief in building a strong economy to support the services that Australian families rely on. We know that those opposite don't fully appreciate the fact that you need to have a budget which is well managed and a strong economy to support important social services provisions. As I've said previously, good economic policy and good social policy are not alternatives. They're not things that you have to choose between. You need a good economic policy to sustain and to support a good social policy. That's what this government has done. That's what this government has demonstrated and will continue to demonstrate. That is the plan that we put forward.