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Federal government plans to drug test welfare recipients slammed by frontline services

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Updated September 26 2019 - 2:52pm, first published September 17 2019 - 12:00pm
Government plan: The federal government says it will consider drug testing and providing cashless cards to welfare recipients. Service groups have slammed the idea.
Government plan: The federal government says it will consider drug testing and providing cashless cards to welfare recipients. Service groups have slammed the idea.

The CEO of Birpai Local Aboriginal Land Council says there are better ways to help the community than drug test welfare recipients and provide cashless cards.

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Peter Daniels

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Peter Daniels is the senior journalist with the Port Macquarie News, Wauchope Gazette and Camden Haven Courier and is responsible for covering news, council, politics, court, civic news and feature writing.

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