From today, more than 6000 welfare recipients in the Wide Bay region of Queensland will start to receive their payments on a debit card.
It means 80 percent of their payments go onto the cashless card , which can’t be used for alcohol or gambling, with the rest put into their nominated bank account.
The idea is that it will help curb the huge amounts of money on alcohol, drug and gambling, however some welfare recipients believe it’s unfair to have someone managing their money and surveilling their finances.