Don Farrell (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Trade and Tourism) Share this | Hansard source

I thank Senator Rice again for her question. The government's amendments allow people to choose to stay on the card as a voluntary option. Therefore, I can't provide an exact answer, but the government does expect that the majority of participants in Bundaberg, Hervey Bay, Ceduna, the Goldfields and East Kimberley to transition off the card if they choose to do so. This would be a total of 12,515, based on current participants as at 16 September 2022. There are currently 4,300 people on the CDC in the Northern Territory and Cape York. These people will be transitioned to a new arrangement on 6 March next year, as I've previously indicated.