Income Management: Learning from Indigenous Experience: 6 July
Written by alex on August 3, 2010The NT intervention’s caused much heartache in remote communities. Extentsive restrictions were imposed on indigenous communities with respect to grog, income and controversially pornography. But it’s income management that has affected the lives of indigenous people the most. Instead of receiving money from Centrlink their payments are quarantined to be used for specific purposes. Communities in the Northern Territory have been having their income managed and the response of the communities has been mixed, but many people find it degrading and discriminatory. Well, in the NT, it’s all changing as income management is rolled out to some non-indigenous people. Tonight, we’re joined by Welfare Right solicitor at the Northern Australia Aboriginal Justice Agency, Nadia Rosenman to tell us what she’s learned about the scheme.
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