Senate debates Bills

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


Anne Ruston

Anne Ruston SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Families and Social Services

10:50 pm

In the interest of completeness, in the Bundaberg and Hervey Bay area 18 per cent of the people on the card are Indigenous, in the Goldfields 48 per cent of the people on the card are Indigenous, in the East Kimberley 82 per cent of the people on the card are Indigenous and in Ceduna 76 per cent of people on the card are Indigenous, making a total on average across those four sites of 40 per cent of the people that are on the cashless debit card are Indigenous.

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