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Newstart: the human cost of Morrison’s plan
“Scott Wilson, chief executive of the Aboriginal Drug and Alcohol Council (SA), is adamant that reductions in problem drinking have come not because of the card itself but because of the services that came in with it or around it. ‘You have to treat this stuff, not make life harder elsewhere,’ he says.”
With an expansion of the welfare crackdown signalled this week in parliament, experts warn the government’s measures will lead to collateral damage.