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Four reasons why cashless ‘welfare’ card trial must stop Associate Professor Ruth Phillips argues against a program that limits what people can buy with welfare payments. The program has just been extended by two years.
Wyndham, East Kimberley – one of the trial sites.
The government’s controversial cashless debit card, known as the cashless welfare card, restricts what welfare recipients can purchase – notably, it limits alcohol and gambling-related products and services. After being trialled for three to four years at several sites across the country, largely with low socio-economic, Indigenous populations, the government has just announced a two-year trial extension.
MORGANTOWN, W. Va. â Emporium native and 2019 Slippery Rock University graduate Ruth Phillips has had a lifelong love for helping others along with athletic competition. Growing up, she rarely missed Cameron County High School athletic events, and even played in many of her own through the years.
Going into her senior year of high school, a conversation with her brother, Ryan helped her determine some goals for her life past high school.
âMy brother is 19 years older than me,â Phillips explained. âI would always go spend a week in the summer with him. In the summer going into my senior year, he and his wife Davina asked me what I wanted to do for a career, and they encouraged me to think about a career in sports.â