AIMN Policy Statements
December 2018: ‘End compulsory income management in Australia’
March 2022: Policy Brief: Alternatives to Compulsory Income Management
July 2022: Policy Paper: Alternatives to Compulsory Income Management (text-only version)
AIMN Submissions
Federal
July 2018: Submission to the Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee Inquiry into the Social Services Legislation Amendment (Cashless Debit Card Trial Expansion) Bill 2018
October 2018: Submission to the Senate Standing Committees on Education and Employment Inquiry into the appropriateness and effectiveness of the objectives, design, implementation and evaluation of jobactive
December 2018: Submission to the Select Committee on Intergenerational Welfare Dependence Inquiry into Intergenerational Welfare Dependence
March 2019: Submission to the Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee’s Inquiry into the Social Security (Administration) Amendment (Income Management and Cashless Welfare) Bill 2019 and Attachment 1
September 2019: Submission to the Senate Community Affairs References Committee’s Inquiry into Centrelink’s compliance program
October 2020: Submission to the Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Delegated Legislation’s inquiry into the Social Security (Administration) Amendment (Continuation of Cashless Welfare) Bill 2020, plus Attachments 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5
June 2022: Submission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee’s inquiry into the application of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Australia (text-only version)
August 2022: Submission to the Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee’s inquiry into the Social Security (Administration) Amendment (Repeal of Cashless Debit Card and Other Measures) Bill 2022 (text-only version), plus Attachments 1 and 2
State
August 2018: Submission to the Select Committee on Poverty in South Australia
Other
May 2019: Submission to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights – input into a thematic report to the UN General Assembly on digital technology, social protection and human rights
August 2019: Submission to the Productivity Commission on the Indigenous Evaluation Strategy
December 2021: Submission (PDF, text only) to the Australian National Audit Office’s follow-up audit of the Implementation and Performance of the Cashless Debit Card
AIMN Factsheets
August 2018: Fact Sheet on the Cashless Debit Card and Compulsory Income Management
Other
July 2022: Letter to Minister for Social Services the Hon Amanda Rishworth MP on bringing the Cashless Debit Card to an end (text-only version)
Accountable Income Management Network 