Spending controls a waste, say welfare groups

By Judith Ireland
Updated April 23 2018 - 11:13pm, first published July 1 2014 - 3:00am

Welfare groups have warned the government that increasing controls around how people spend their welfare payments could backfire, arguing existing controls have already cost the Commonwealth $1 billion without producing concrete results, stigmatising people on low incomes in the process.

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