Ami<p>People in <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a> were told by the <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ALP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ALP</span></a> that "cashless welfare", in other words coercive control by the government over those receiving welfare benefits, was removed, abolished and never to return.</p><p>No they just kept it up quietly <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Auspol</span></a> </p><p>I told people it was now called <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/eIM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eIM</span></a> or "enhanced income management" but they didn't believe me.</p><p>It's still out there and you can bet if the coalition gets in it will become weaponised once again.</p><p>Shine the spotlight on it.</p><p><a href="https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politics/2025/04/19/flawed-cashless-welfare-cards-rebadged" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/p</span><span class="invisible">olitics/2025/04/19/flawed-cashless-welfare-cards-rebadged</span></a></p>