In July 2022, the federal Labor government introduced a bill to repeal the Cashless Debit Card, one of the two forms of income management (IM) currently applied in multiple sites across Australia. That bill (known as the Social Security (Administration) Amendment (Repeal of Cashless Debit Card and Other Measures) Bill 2022) is currently subject to a Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee inquiry, which will report to the Parliament by end of August. The inquiry has to date received 77 written submissions and conducted four major public hearings, which suggests continued ideological division and polarisation regarding the merits or limitations of income management.

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