Welfare controls will not apply to everyone on benefits, Alan Tudge says

By Judith Ireland
Updated October 28 2014 - 7:13am, first published October 27 2014 - 6:51pm

The federal government is "actively" considering mining magnate Andrew Forrest's recommendations that welfare recipients be issued with a debit card to ensure they do not spend their benefits on alcohol and gambling and that family payments be made contingent on children's school attendance.

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