Women trying to flee DV held back by income management

Women trying to escape domestic violence are being undermined by compulsory income management, a Senate inquiry has heard. While the Albanese government fulfilled an election promise to abolish the controversial cashless debit card in 2022, more than 22,000 people remain on compulsory income management, where Centrelink quarantines social security payments so they cannot buy unauthorised […]

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