Social Security (Administration) Amendment (Income Management to Cashless Debit Card Transition) Bill 2019

The majority voted against an amendment to the usual second reading motion that the bill be read a second time, which is parliamentary jargon for the House agreeing with the main idea of the bill. This means the amendment failed.

Amendment text

That all words after "That" be omitted with a view to substituting the following words:

"the House:

(1) declines to give the bill a second reading;

(2) notes that, 12 years after the Intervention in the Northern Territory, there is no evidence that compulsory broad-based income management has worked to improve outcomes for First Nations people; and

(3) calls on the Government not to expand the cashless debit card, and to instead invest in evidence-based policies, programs and services, including:

(a) job creation and economic development;

(b) education, training and TAFE;

(c) health and rehabilitation services; and

(d) services for women and young people"