Senate debates
Wednesday, 14 October 2015
Bills
Social Security Legislation Amendment (Debit Card Trial) Bill 2015; In Committee
12:10 pm
Mitch Fifield (Victoria, Liberal Party, Manager of Government Business in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source
Let me see if I can seek to clarify this issue so that there is no confusion. The debit card will work only on the food-only terminal. Someone who had a debit card but was wanting to pay for alcohol with cash or with another card linked to their own account would do so on the same terminal as everyone else. There would be a terminal that all alcohol purchases would go through and, if someone were using the debit card for food, that would go through the debit card terminal—and anyone else could use that terminal as well.
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