Submission to the Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee Inquiry into the Social Security (Administration) Amendment (Income Management Reform) Bill 2023

I have opposed income management as a social policy instrument since 2007 when first introduced as an element of the NT Intervention on several grounds outlined in evidence provided to the Senate Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs Inquiry into the Provisions of the Northern Territory Emergency Response Bill 2007 and Associated Bills. Rather than rehearse my concerns again, at Attachment 1 I provide my submission to this Committee’s earlier Inquiry into the Social Security (Administration) Amendment (Repeal of Cashless Debit Card and Other Measures) Bill 2022 (Submission no. 37, August 2022).