Senate debates

Wednesday, 9 December 2020

Bills

Social Security (Administration) Amendment (Continuation of Cashless Welfare) Bill 2020; In Committee

10:40 pm

Photo of Anne RustonAnne Ruston (SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Families and Social Services) Share this | Hansard source

As I said in my second reading speech, the government is committed to providing the people on the BasicsCard with some advanced technology. We certainly believe that the majority of them—in fact the 25,000 people that are currently using the BasicsCard—we believe that the appropriate consultation and support to people to give them the information that they need to understand the increased functionality of this particular card—we believe that the majority of those 25,000 people will transition across to the card.

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