The Australian Federal Government is proposing mandatory drug testing for welfare recipients.
Under a two-year trial, 5,000 recipients of Newstart and Youth Allowance benefits would be tested for substances including ice, marijuana and cocaine in three locations - Logan, Queensland, Canterbury-Bankstown, NSW, and Mandurah, Victoria.
Under the proposal, any welfare recipients who fail a drug test would be placed on income management and referred to a rehabilitation program.
Labour and the Greens both opposed the original bill, arguing the policy will not work.