Division Description Changes — Bills — Social Security (Administration) Amendment (Income Management Reform) Bill 2023; Second Reading — 28th Mar 2023

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representatives vote 2023-03-28#2 Edited by mackay staff on 2023-04-07 07:09:15	Title Bills — Social Security (Administration) Amendment (Income Management Reform) Bill 2023; Second Reading Social Security (Administration) Amendment (Income Management Reform) Bill 2023 - Second Reading - Cashless Debit Card program Description ~~<p class="speaker">Milton Dick</p>~~ <p>The question is that the amendment moved by the honourable member for Deakin be disagreed to.</p> ~~<p></p>~~ ~~<p></p>~~ The majority voted in favour of disagreeing with an [amendment](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/debate/?id=2023-03-27.43.2) introduced by Deakin MP [Michael Sukkar](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/representatives/deakin/michael_sukkar) (Liberal), which means it failed. ### Rebellion Bass MP [Bridget Archer](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/representatives/bass/bridget_archer) (Liberal) [crossed the floor](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/help/faq#rebel) to vote "Yes" while the rest of the Liberal Party voted "No." ### Amendment text > That all words after "That" be omitted with a view to substituting the following words: > *> "whilst not declining to give the bill a [second reading](https://peo.gov.au/understand-our-parliament/how-parliament-works/bills-and-laws/making-a-law-in-the-australian-parliament/),** the House:* > > (1) notes: > *>> (a) the Coalition introduced the Cashless Debit Card to protect vulne*rable communities reducing the amount of welfare payments available to spend on alcohol, gambling and illegal drugs; >> *>> (b) since the Cashless Debit Card program commenced more than $988 million has been spent using cashless debit card accounts; participants making more than 20 million approv*ed transactions with over $273 million spent where the primary business is food; >> >> (c) the harm and hardship the Government's abolition of the Cashless Debit Card has caused some of Australia's most vulnerable communities; >> >> (d) the Government's hypocrisy by reintroducing the Cashless Debit Card and rebranding it the SmartCard with the new card supported by the same provider Indue; >> >> (e) the Government has committed over $217 million of taxpayers' funds to this expensive rebranding exercise; >> >> (f) the Government has failed to provide details of the total cost to taxpayers of the new SmartCard; and >> >> (g) the Government's rushed and total mismanaged transition to the SmartCard; and > > (2) calls on the Government to without delay, reverse its decision to abolish the Cashless Debit Card program and stop the alcohol-fuelled violence, drug abuse, and childhood neglect in our most vulnerable communities".

~~Milton Dick~~
The question is that the amendment moved by the honourable member for Deakin be disagreed to.
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The majority voted in favour of *disagreeing* with an [amendment](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/debate/?id=2023-03-27.43.2) introduced by Deakin MP [Michael Sukkar](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/representatives/deakin/michael_sukkar) (Liberal), which means it failed.
### Rebellion
Bass MP [Bridget Archer](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/representatives/bass/bridget_archer) (Liberal) [crossed the floor](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/help/faq#rebel) to vote "Yes" while the rest of the Liberal Party voted "No."
### Amendment text
> *That all words after "That" be omitted with a view to substituting the following words:*
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> *"whilst not declining to give the bill a [second reading](https://peo.gov.au/understand-our-parliament/how-parliament-works/bills-and-laws/making-a-law-in-the-australian-parliament/), the House:*
>
> *(1) notes:*
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>> *(a) the Coalition introduced the Cashless Debit Card to protect vulnerable communities reducing the amount of welfare payments available to spend on alcohol, gambling and illegal drugs;*
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>> *(b) since the Cashless Debit Card program commenced more than $988 million has been spent using cashless debit card accounts; participants making more than 20 million approved transactions with over $273 million spent where the primary business is food;*
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>> *(c) the harm and hardship the Government's abolition of the Cashless Debit Card has caused some of Australia's most vulnerable communities;*
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>> *(d) the Government's hypocrisy by reintroducing the Cashless Debit Card and rebranding it the SmartCard with the new card supported by the same provider Indue;*
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>> *(e) the Government has committed over $217 million of taxpayers' funds to this expensive rebranding exercise;*
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>> *(f) the Government has failed to provide details of the total cost to taxpayers of the new SmartCard; and*
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>> *(g) the Government's rushed and total mismanaged transition to the SmartCard; and*
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> *(2) calls on the Government to without delay, reverse its decision to abolish the Cashless Debit Card program and stop the alcohol-fuelled violence, drug abuse, and childhood neglect in our most vulnerable communities".*