Janet Rice (Victoria, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

With all due respect, this legislation shifts people off the cashless debit card in the Northern Territory onto a new technology. So I'm happy for you to take it on notice and get back to me. But I think the question is very valid as to whether the same conditions are going to apply for people who are then compulsorily on this new enhanced card compared to when they were on the cashless debit card. The connection with my previous question is: if people on the BasicsCard are able to apply to go onto the new enhanced card, then the conditions may be easier for them to get off it, which I think is of great significance because we know that there are a lot of people who are currently on the BasicsCard in the Northern Territory who do not want to be on it. So, if they have an easier mechanism to actually apply to get off the BasicsCard, that would be a very big step forward which could be implemented immediately.