Smart card a dumb idea, Aboriginal leader says
Smartcards are part of a proposal by acting ATSIC Chairman Lionel Quartermaine, who wants to see tighter restrictions placed on how welfare payments are spent. But the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission's western New South Wales commissioner Steve Gordon says it is "self- determination", not "smart cards" that helps Indigenous people take control of their future.
"I believe it's going against human rights," he said. "How would you like to have a card and you can only go and buy clothes or get meals.
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