Advocates call for end to compulsory income management

Indigenous people in remote communities are disproportionately affected by poverty, advocates say. (Aaron Bunch/AAP PHOTOS)

Witness after witness to a senate inquiry into poverty has shared how compulsory income management and onerous Centrelink requirements are damaging Indigenous people and communities.

The senate community affairs reference committee, chaired by Greens senator Janet Rice, held a public hearing on Tuesday into the extent and nature of poverty in Australia.