Australia’s controversial cashless debit card is destined for the scrapyard, paving the way for thousands in remote communities to come off the card next week. The repeal bill passed its final parliamentary hurdle on Wednesday after the Senate sat late into the night to pass the amended bill. The Greens and independent senators David Pocock…

A key senator has sounded the death knell for the cashless debit card by supporting the government’s push to scrap it. The cashless debit card quarantines up to 80 percent of a welfare recipient’s income which cannot be withdrawn in cash or spent on gambling or alcohol. Independent senator David Pocock says he has listened…

Thousands of Australians will be transitioned off cashless debit cards, with the welfare scheme set to be scrapped by the Albanese government, which will use its first full day of parliamentary business in the new term on Wednesday to introduce legislation to scrap the cards. This means more than 17,300 welfare recipients currently on the cashless…