Senate debates Bills

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


Penny Wong

Penny Wong SA, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition in the Senate

10:52 pm

I think the figures speak for themselves. I'm conscious that others have questions. Across the population you have two to three per cent who identify as First Nations. Eighty-one per cent of those on income management in the Northern Territory are First Nations. It's 76 per cent in Ceduna and it's 82 per cent in the East Kimberley. Even in the Goldfields, which is substantially lower, it's 48 per cent. It's a card that disproportionately is targeted at First Australians.

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