Thread by @SenatorSiewert

I'll be tweeting on the #CashlessDebitCard hearing in Darwin today - follow thread here

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APONT have slammed the committee’s inadequate consultation time and the lack of hearings in remote locations.

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They said the unwarranted haste recalls the NT #Intervention, the injustice and trauma of the Intervention still burns with us. Once again we are not deemed worthy of consultation.

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There has been more than a decade of costly paternalists interventions in the NT including Work for the Dole and income management. Over this period poverty and unemployment have worsened.

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There is little evidence to support widespread behavioural change. The ANAO found the ORIMA research was unreliable to the extent that it was difficult to conclude there has been a reduction in social harm.

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We are still waiting for the evaluations from the Ceduna and Kalgoorlie sites!

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We support people’s choices and their right to opt in to the card but their choice should not be at the expense at other peoples rights and freedoms. There is no credible evidence to support that the card can meet its objectives.

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Danila Dilba Health Service said nearly 23,000 people in the NT have been subjected to Income Management since 2007. There is an astonishing lack of credible evidence to indicate income management has made an impact on wellbeing measures

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WHO identify the single most important social determinant for health is the degree to which people have control of their lives. So many First Nations peoples have described the shame embarrassment humiliation & lack of control they have over their lives #CashlessDebitCard #Auspol

If you can’t manage your own money then you have no control over your life. Why don’t we just go back to ration cards?

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Danila Dilba Health Service says we did predict this - the Government will “trial” income management on Aboriginal people, the broader community won’t complain- then we will roll it out to the broader population.

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The Arnhem Land Progress Aboriginal Corporation say income management was imposed on their communities in 2007 under the insulting assumption that everyone was an alcoholic and gambler

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The Arnhem Land Progress Aboriginal Corporation
board of directors are disappointed that the Government is moving forward with the card- it destroys our members sense of agency

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When the #Intervention came significant pressure was put on the Aboriginal run credit union TCU - this unique Indigenous bank will struggle to survive with less cash.

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It is time for a different approach - 12 years on alcohol and drugs are still here

The reality of people having informed opinions of what it means for their everyday lives - that work is so rarely
done.

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Arnhem Land Progress Aboriginal Corporation say there was no consultation in their area.

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CatholicCare NT’s Financial Wellbeing and Capability report found that financial products are not well understood by First Nations peoples - We need an Indigenous framework and understanding of financial products and services

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CatholicCare say there needs to be a commitment to ongoing, open and transparent evaluation, they are also concerned the card will allow perpetrators of family and domestic violence to have access to financial information.

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@NAAJA_NT opposes compulsory income management in all forms other than voluntary. 82% of people on income management in the NT are First Nations peoples.

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@NAAJA_NT Income management is a significant restriction on peoples lives and how they organise their personal lives - going to the local market or buying secondhand goods is often out of the question

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@NAAJA_NT Compulsory income management is based on harmful assumptions about what causes drug and alcohol addiction. It is not targeted to people that have vulnerabilities.

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@NAAJA_NT This bill means that the Minister can use their discretion to restrict people's payment so they have no cash at all. This is despite the NT not being a cashless economy.

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@NAAJA_NT @NAAJA_NT wrote to the committee to express concern about the limited time for this inquiry process. Organisations barely had a week & a half to prepare submissions & appear at the committee which means many people have missed out in taking part.
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@NAAJA_NT The @rightsagenda say that at its core, compulsory income management is a discriminatory and controlling policy. The Government is hiding behind technological developments to purse this rather than asking if the policy is right and just.

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The lack of jobs and the exploitative work for the dole program means that people are subjected to “digital rations”.

On consultation before the bill was introduced @NAAJA_NT said they had an information session but they wouldn't have called it consultation

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