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Poppy Johnston

Mixed reviews plague scrapped cashless card scheme

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese abolished the cashless cards in indigenous communities in 2022. (Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS)

Mixed findings from a review into the scrapped cashless credit card will be considered by the federal government with Northern Territory MP Marion Scrymgour saying it was only one tool in the policy toolkit.

The Albanese government abolished the cashless card in 2022 and it became voluntary for people in Ceduna, Bundaberg, the East Kimberley and the Goldfields.

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