Patrick Dodson (WA, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Assistant Minister for Reconciliation) Share this | Hansard source

In February this year, Minister, in relation to the cashless debit card, you said:

The reason we haven't done it in the major cities is because we need to deal with the technology issue, which we are now close to resolving—

and you've just said that you've fixed all of that up. You also said that it does need to have a broader application. Can the minister confirm that the government's policy of making the cashless debit card permanent in the current trial sites and the Northern Territory is just the first stage of the national round-up? (Time expired)