Daniel Taylor, from Kununurra W.A is on his 7th day of protesting against The Australian Government and Indue’s cashless welfare card (aka white card or basics card) by committing to a hunger strike until his questions are answered in the media.
Daniel says he will end his hunger strike when the government reconsiders their decision and ends the trial in Kununurra and the following questions have been answered honestly:
What exactly did the government get for the 140+ million dollars (of tax payer money) paid to indue since 2009?
Why have there been no trials in major cities, or on the East Coast where the majority of Australia’s welfare recipients live?
Who are the major shareholders, who are the people who own Indue and who else besides them stand to benefit from this scheme?
Will the government kindly answer these questions, please.
We don’t really like to see people pushed to these extreme measures just to get our politicians to take notice. After all, the Government is supposed to work for the people.
The stories coming out of Kununurra and Ceduna over the governments imposed cashless welfare system make you question are the people really benefiting from this. It seems businesses and corporations certainly are.
Why are the government blanketing entire communities as welfare cheats and imposing these punitive practices on people who did not have a problem managing their own income, until the card came alone.
This card is widening the class gap, once again taking from the have nots and giving to the haves. Children of families who are using this card seem to be the most affected by it, and not in the way the government intended. Children who were neglected before are still neglected now. Children who were not being neglected are missing out on important social development activities. They’re being excluded due to families having no cash and schools, fairs, venues etc. having no facilities available for basics card purchases. Adults not being allowed to use their payment on drugs, alcohol or gambling may be the intention but the outcome comes at the cost to children not being allowed to have fun, families having difficulty paying rent and bills, food and necessities costing more and the big businesses gaining a monopoly on purchases by people on benefits.
Click here to contact Kunnanurras local council and have your say.
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