Dr Bielefeld says at the Senate hearing:
“There is no rational evidence base to support this bill. There’s a change in the name, BasicsCard to SmartCard, but the same stigma & same negative, racialised, ideological assumptions about people’s budgeting capacity underpin this bill”
Dr Bielefeld says at the Senate hearing:
"There is no rational evidence base to support this bill. There's a change in the name, BasicsCard to SmartCard, but the same stigma & same negative, racialised, ideological assumptions about people's budgeting capacity underpin this bill"— Janet Rice (@janet_rice) May 15, 2023