A cashless welfare card trial that restricts people’s spending on gambling and alcohol has made the Bundaberg-Hervey Bay community in Queensland feel humiliated, according to residents on the scheme
There are 6000 people on the card trial in the area and 80% of their spending is scrutinized in the scheme.
Despite the inconvenience to residents, the president of the Burrum District Community Centre, Fay Whiffen, says the scheme has proved useful in helping people control their budgets.