Anne Ruston (SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Families and Social Services) Share this | Hansard source

Overwhelmingly, we heard that people were really excited about the fact that they can use their cashless debit card when they travel, whether it be to Cairns, to Sydney, to Adelaide, to Perth or anywhere else. But the other issue they raised a number of times was the misinformation that is out there. The opposition are running an absolutely shameful scare campaign aimed at age pensioners. They are lying to them. Let me be absolutely crystal clear. The government has no plan to force age pensioners on to the cashless debit card, and we will never have such a plan.