The purpose of the program is to ensure welfare payments are spent in responsible ways and to reduce social harm. But critics say it's an example of government overreach.
"I said, 'But why would you want aged pensioners or carers on it?' And he said, 'Well, with the aged pensioners … it's much safer for them than carrying cash around'," she told the ABC.That afternoon she posted about the "heated discussion" in an anti-cashless debit card Facebook group with over 3,000 members.
Their new caption read "staffer from Gillespie's office does a whoops and reveals #LNP plans and propaganda strat for putting Age Pensioners onto the #INDUE #cashlessdebitcard …"Ms Boon said while she was against cashless debit cards and was concerned their use could be expanded, she was never told that it was a Coalition policy nor plan by the staffer.
"Their standing and eminence as government figures gives them both a platform — which means a larger audience — and an automatic stamp of authority," she said.
ABCYourBiasIsShowing again.
You are sick, misinforming, Liberal supporting, dogs.
You make it sound so benign. Have you interviewed those in the know? The woman who wasn’t allowed to purchase a new bra? Talk to age_no_barrier they can fill you in. This is a slippery slope and it needs to go. auspol
ABC, this is an incredible piece of reporting. Oops, missed a word. ABC, this is an incredible piece of sh*t reporting.
Nonsense you should be ashamed of yourself abc
withMEAA ABCmediawatch
Please do something about this- its untrue. Do better. ABCaustralia You are becoming untrustworthy. This is NOT our ABC ABCYourBiasIsShowing
What is going on at the abc
ABC no longer Australia's most trusted news source. I reported this tweet for misinformation. Australian's deserve better than the partisan election commentary coming out of ABC. We need a new government to clean house at ABC or defund it. ausvotes
This is factually wrong. Revise it.
Complain about abc’s lie here
If the is interested in reporting scare campaigns, why not start with “climate action costs jobs” by the LNP? insiders auspol ausvotes ItaButtrose
Reported for political misinformation. 😡 Get your act together and do some actual research. ABCFactCheck please check. ThisisNotJournalism
A rumour? Really? After Morrison called the pension welfare and Ruston said that all welfare would go on the card?
Why then did they put into the legislation that aged pensions can be put on the Indue card? Why are some aged pensioners already on the Indue card in pilot areas? What kind of fact check ignores those FACTS? ABCFactCheck
It's not a scare campaign fools. Do your research and do your job.
You’re fucking doing it AGAIN.
I’ll take ‘flogging a dead horse’ for $200, thanks Aunty ABC!
What’s wrong with cashless card for gov payments? Oh wait, you can’t buy drugs with it.
this is deplorable. You’re own words convict you of unashamed political bias.
You guys are no better than Russia. It has nothing to do with a FB post. Just making up State propaganda now? You should be warning seniors about this but you are selling them out. The whole Indue card, the privatisation of welfare, needs to be scrapped. No body should be on it.
LABOR is an expert of Propaganda using any rumor and false information, even using UNIONS and nonsense tale to promote HATE AND SCARE CAMPAIGN at the disadvantage of people for their advantage TO WIN their position.
It is NOT a scare campaign, Canavan repeated the desire within the LNP to spread the Indue Card far and wide only this week. Do try to keep up!
'The Cashless Debit Card, also known as the Indue Card, has been forced onto Australians as a 'trial'. ... There are pensioners who are already on the Indue Card in trial areas,' via age_no_barrier AusVotes elisereports
Are the ABC just protecting Morrison or are they also protecting LNP donors who are raking in millions from the INDUE card?
This is NOT a mere scare. Last election, Morrison pledged he would deliver an ICAC... did he? Morrison pledged he would bring in religious freedom laws... did he? Now he's saying Pensioners won't be on indue (while some already are) ... will he?
We may need some seat warmers for the abc at the federal ICAC.
Morrison govt changed the legislation to allow pensioners to go on the cashless debit card!!!!! Pensioners are on it now. FACT! How is it a scare campaign? auspol
So not true. You should be ashamed of yourself.With hundreds of reports, news footage & interviews where a dozen or so LNP corporation members laid it out on the line how the card was to be rolled out to everyone receiving payments they were/are entitled to & now you lie about it
Sorry ABC. The evidence appears to be everywhere. And not coming from labour. Maybe a little more research on your part?
Only Labor & the Greens will scrap this evil card. The LNP will keep it & expand it. It's only Gov money that is keeping this cvnt of a company afloat InvestigateThat
Indue currently have 2.0 senior roles listed on Seek. Does that sound like a company that is about to expand or one that’s going to wrap up?
So now you are believing Morrison's lies! GFY!
But there's more!
Innocent ?
You are blocked.
You need to stop running a protection racket for the LNP. I have never seen this reference anywhere in Labor's campaign against cashless debit card. It all relies on direct quotes from the government's own members. You've become a sock puppet for Rupert. So disappointing
Again the ABC breaches it's Charter to enter the political debate, offering partisan political opinions. The usual suspects as well. Biased!
And then there’s this! Do better
Lie lie lie lie lie...
What an out-and-out lie ABC!!!!! You have Anne Ruston to blame, and her hideous blatherings!!!! MurdochGutterMedia
Just like they promised not to cut your funding 🙃
More nonsense from the Sydney Broadcasting Corporation. The 'rumour' came from the LNP.
TwitterSupport please remove this article the Government has put pensioners on the Indue card already. Please read here:
If they have no plan to put pensioners on the Indue card, why did they amend the legislation to allow them to put pensioners on the Indue card?
Utter nonsense.
What ridiculous article 1) it's in the legislation that pension can go on the card 2) it's been 'on trial' for 5yrs!!! 3) The contract has been extended for a further two years! What piss poor journalism!
Gee, it would be so nice if the ABC represented the people and quality journalism again. We may as well rebadge you the Australian Bullshit Corporation; you have all forgotten the faces of your fathers. ThisisNotJournalism
Rubbish abcnews youre spreading misinformation should be defunded for doing so. Clearly stated by Anne Ruston at 3:44 Seeking to put 'ALL' welfare on the platform, cashless card ausvotes ausvotes2022
For it to be a 'scare' campaign it needs to be baseless...the TRUTH is Medicare has been gutted just as Labor said at the last election, and the TRUTH is the LNP will put all welfare recipients on Indue! ThisisNotJournalism AuntyHasFallen
It’s not a scare campaign if it’s real. How on earth did you come to the conclusion you did and apparently not listen to a single thing the Libs have said they want to do?
The ABC article about the CDC is a crock. Here's why.
Really…1 Fb post = a scare campaign. Why not do a real investigation: find out how much it costs pp to manage income? Then ask for the evidence that income mgmt works, and what it is meant to achieve. Then ask why aged pensioners are specified potential participants in the Act.
Hmm don't you journalists know how to read parliamentary bills.. try some research instead of doing LNP propaganda
I never saw any such analysis for the 2019 election for many of the baseless scare campaigns including death taxes and franking credits. This situation has arisen due to the words and actions of the government and the ABC is coming to the rescue with fact checking? Load of BS.
Disappointing take. This is using emotive language rather than the facts. Please do better, this has a real and significant impact on the lives of vulnerable people
What a poor piece of witch-hunting.
davidbewart Bullshit, calling out abc for lies
Why is our national broadcaster being the propaganda arm of LNP? The evidence is right in front of us. Your lies are totally see through, and your credibility is in tatters. Try real journalism instead of gaslighting us.
Do better - it's in this
Research lacking.
I’m not convinced. I know the LNP are ideologically opposed to welfare, thus on form extension of the Card is a logical next step . They deny this , but I also know Morrison and LNP have a very casual relationship with the truth .
Absolute BS. See Continuation Bill👇 It ORIGINATED WITH LNP, fueling ALP's JUSTIFIED concern. LNP STILL intend impose it on DSP, S/Parent, Carer & Vets pensions + UNEMPLOYED. You call this investigative journalism? disinformation ThisisNotJournalism JulianHillMP JElliotMP
Scomo the liar from the shire the indue card is already being used in NT, Queensland and South Australia so why not abolish it if they don’t plan on continuing on with it and paying their mates to make the cards
If this card’s so great, why is this a scare campaign? And forget about finding ground zero for this rumour. This is neo-liberal policy. They see the pension as welfare and that welfare should be cashless. Its logical and probable. To the point of absolute certainty. auspol
cowed
That's bullshit and ya know it the evidence is out multiple sources stop using f**king click bait or PMO here's a thought f**king google it!
I’m absolutely gobsmacked at how fkng abysmal the ABC has become.
Are you competing with Sky After Dark in bashing ALP?
I reported this tweet for being misleading, the current social services LNP minister literally said herself they are attempting to role it out across the board, it’s not “Labor’s scare campaign”
A scare campaign based on publicly available statements made by the prime minister and minister ABCBias auspol
How did it morph into a rumour?, here is a copy of the Hansard of the Budget Estimates, the written question asks “How many pensioners have put on the Cashless Debit card?” Their answer is 26 unbeknownst to those pensioners.. Stop the crap ABC!..😡
Rumors are based always on some truth and Scott Morrison for long time wanted to use debit card for age pensioners and welfare recipients.
So disappointed in this article. Worst election campaign ever.
Things are quite fucked up when Australia's self proclaimed most trusted news source needs constant factchecking.
What about all the other quotes from LNP politicians? And why legislate to allow the extension of the card if you don’t intend to extend it?
What is happening to the ABC? ThisIsNotJournalism
This is simply not true. How can you? This is insane!!
The Mediscare proved to be true, as is the Indue card for pensioners. As stated this morning by an ALP candidate, both Morrison and Ruston have made it clear that they regard Pensions as Welfare payments and will introduce the Card across the board. Legislation has been altered:
Try doing some research auspol ausvotes ausvotes2022
It's not a scare campaign if it's true. There are other sources. There are already pensioners on it and it is in the legislation that they can go on it. Did the nasty LNP make you write this? Yes, the ABC are thoroughly cowed. auspol ausvotes ausvotes2022
THIS is the point that needs to be made about Indue? REALLY? This whole story could've been one paragraph in a broader story on the problems with Indue and this dodgy arrangement
The use of the term' scare campaign over this crucial issue is misinformation and propaganda. There are genuine concerns about its high coercive control nature deeply affecting peoples lives and health re financial abuse and misuse of public funds re the system
The govt wants all welfare payments 'on the one plaftorm'. Ruston said so. Enabling legislation is passed. Plenty to be scared about. And it's not acceptable for *anyone* to be on it. Gross abuse of rights. Welfare money OWNED by Indue. No Senate scrutiny. Do a story on that
Sure, if you ignore the legislation changes the LNP has pushed, the words of LNP party members or the small fact that there are ALREADY pensioners on the card in some trial areas, if you ignore all the facts & just republish LNP spin w/out critical thought. ThisisNotJournalism
davidbewart 'Scare campaign'? You mean the truth that's being communicated on EVERY social media platform as well as Facebook.
Aged pensioners ARE already on it. They just happen to be black and indigenous
Does anyone have a copy of the bill they were trying to introduce at the end of 2020. I remember seeing it shared at the time and clearly included pensioners
WRONG! There are already Aged Pensioners on the card. I suppose they don’t count because they are not white. Why did Morrison change the legislation to make the Aged Pension welfare? All welfare recipients will be on the card if he gets his own way.
Stay free Scomo and the indue card can get stuffed!
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I think you need some help with this story.
What a heap of horseshit what about the very definite statements by the Minister and her action to include age pensions as reportable activities? What about the number of times members of the Cabinet voted in Parlt to support the extension of the reportable activities?
All that is required is for PM & L&NP MPs to say: There is no such plan or legislation; we guarantee never to do it; we undertake to resign immediately and forfeit all future taxpayer funded benefits if that position changes. A bit like Morrison saying he would sign Stat Dec.
Completely a lie as the LNP already has pensioners on the cashlessDebitcard How low has the ABCTV sunk over ItaButtrose’s term, that they’re pumping out disinformation for the govt! Despicable! auspol
Now the ABC are feeding the lie! What’s going on?
Well researched. But you underestimate importance of the staffer's remarks. Staffers are political appointees & it is reasonable for voters to assume such a remark is a slip-up revealing a covert agenda for expansion of the card. Which takes it out of the scare campaign category.
This is just rubbish from our ABC they are indeed putting pensioners on this inhumane card as there are thousands already on it and Indue just employed more staff and have had their contract renewed for another two years you should remove your lies. I am going to report this.
Biased reporting from the national broadcaster. Hoping to fulfill the IPA agenda of getting you privatised eh? Crushingly sad this is apparently acceptable now SaveOurABC
Innocent?
Now do story regardingwhy there's a cashless debit card AT ALL and list which LNP donors are currently making money off of it. Cheers.
Oh how the ABC has fallen. Just a mouthpiece for the government now ThisisNotJournalism
So why is it included in the legislation?
propaganda warning
Scare Campaign? I thought it was quite informative, not scary at all
It is not a scare Campaign The Morrison Govt is famous for its after-dinner mints with a twist and people were campaigning outside Centrelink Offices Nationwide to ask people to sign a petition before the Pandemic in 2018/19 So get it right ABC I signed it
It’s got a bit more weight to it than just a ‘scare campaign’
The Indue company are recruiting .. 1 position is financial crimes officer, imagine their job description. Why would they do that if the LNP were going to scrap it. Hey get with the program .. they lie
You really think one innocent post started this. The absolute ignorance is reprehensible.
When did someone on video saying exactly what they are accused of, become a scare campaign? FFS the ABC has now ceased to exist. What a shame for the real journalists that may still work there. Is there no one with any integrity or courage left in the whole organisation?
And what of the Liberal Party’s industrial scale “pensioner tax” scam…with pride of place on the party’s official website? Not a peep from reporters and journalists . Media hypocrisy is unbelievable auspol ABCthedrum abc730 latingle
Read the legislation and you'll see in black and white which groups they included - very clearly applicable to Age Pensions at any time they decide to do it.
Nothing innocent about this post
how is it a rumour when the govt themselves have said they want to expand it? Auspol ausvotes ThisIsNotJournalism WeNeedTruthInJournalism
Try again
We all need to report this ABC article as misleading to twitter. It's pure LNP propaganda.
Suggest you have a quick peek at the actual legislation.
How about the cabinet minister saying what she said about implementing it?! Fuck sake. Who's pulling the strings there?
Yeah, nah. Not buying it's a rumour. Facts prove otherwise. Good try, thou. 3/10
More sloppy anti-ALP analysis from the . It's bad enough that we have to put up with biased pro-LNP presenters like frankelly08 andrewprobyn David_Speers & janeenorman now we have to put up with trash journalism like this?
Hey ABC, it's not a scare campaign. Stop being dishonest. Your credibility is circling the toilet bowl.
Stop your bullshit, ABC “News” ✅, and report facts!
If it’s such a great card why is it a ‘scare campaign’? If it’s a scare campaign and people don’t want to be on it, why do we have it at all? Scrap it altogether. Give adults the right to use their money the way they see is best for them.
Talk about delusions of grandeur. Ms Boon didn't write the legislation that put Age Pensioners onto the CDC. I'd love to know how you conclude her post is germane to the FACT the LNP want age Pensioners on the CDC...
Do you really think Indue has been set up just to administer a few trials?
“We’re seeking, as I said, to put all income management onto the universal platform… which is the cashless debit card.” ~ Anne Ruston, Minister for Families and Social Services in Scott Morrison’s Liberal/National government, on 7 News, February 2020.
Ask every LNP Minister why they aren't putting aged pensioners on the Indue Card. What's wrong with income management? Because they think it's okay for people on other benefits but it still has all the same punitive effects and it still costs too much. Ask them how much.
As opposed to say….this.?
Seriously? It's already happening....you're shit at journalisming
Why are indue advertising 19 positions available
ABCFactCheck your Aunty! Again!
Is this serious? A scare campaign suggests there's no basis or credibility. Nor does it come from a Facebook post
FFS ! Is Ita telling you to report this bullshit? Will you please stop saying Labor is to blame for LNP lies!!!!!
The story missed the point. It’s not just about one woman’s story. The LNP intent is plain to see and hear. A bit of research about the card and LNP plans backs up what those intentions are.
IcallBS Did you just make the story up? It isn't a scare campaign and it appeared even earlier. Earlier in a tweet. Not the 1st....April 10, 2021
You can't trust anything that comes out of their mouths...
There is no scare campaign.
ThisIsNotJournalism it's an outright misrepresentation.
There was nothing ‘innocent’ that was twisted. The legislation is in place. If the CDC isn’t ok for pensioners, it isn’t ok for anyone. The Twiggy Forrest brain fart is enriching LNP mates. Privatising social security, costing taxpayers $millions.
Wow, it took 3 journalists to come up with nonsense, 3!
How a government minister said that it will be rolled out nationally.
ABC has clearly been forced to print this bullshit or its just the new LNP CEO doing his job , give them one more term and watch them go right ahead and put everyone on that card.
19 jobs on Seek currently, mostly at management level. Why would they be recruiting at senior level if not for expansion? IndueCard
Straight from the horses mouth
Regardless of LNP promises (and we all know how often they are broken) Why put it into law if there was no plan for it? Why would government members informed on the subject say otherwise? Is the ABC trying to con us with this drivel? Shame on YOU ABC
TwitterSupport can you remove this article it’s misleading, the Government already has pensioners on the indue card and has amended legislation to include the pension .. re social security amendment in 2020
Is it up to the ABC to decide that one side is running a 'scare campaign'? And it seems quicker off the blocks against one side. Who from the ABC writes these tweets.
How is it a SCARE CAMPAIGN? They have removed 900 procedures from Medicare. What don’t you understand ? Please present news in a factual manner. abc
Someone at the ABCs not happy that daddy momo screwed up the debate last night lol It’s kind of nice to see the ABC finally dropping all pretence of balanced reporting & showing us the liberal shills they’ve become.
Reported.
'Introduced by the government on a trial basis in 2016' What happens after the trial? Investigate who runs Indue and their affiliation with the Morrison Gov't. That would be in the public's interest.
You should be thoroughly ashamed of yourselves for spreading LNP misinformation. ABCFactCheck ABCmediawatch TheRealPBarry ABCNewsFail
ABC pushes this line non stop. Medicare is already under siege. ABC is white anted. This LNP agenda has been put in place over a number of years. Indue Card will be expanded despite Marcia Langton withdrawing her support. Its implementation as she describes it, is ‘brutal’.
This is scandalous.
Even if they didn’t intend to lock us pensioners in, the Indue card is still an evil concept which needs to be abandoned for the sake of those poor beggars already trapped. auspol IndueCard
I hope they scrap it completely I'm just curious though why they are not including aged pensioners do you get to 67 & become immune to D & A issues, those who have D& A issues will find away to still get what they want But no can't single them out let's make everyone miserable
ABCmediawatch ABCFactCheck Please fix this. See comments below⬇️.
Gee, didn’t take long for ABC right-wingers to dig dirt on Albo! Should be digging dirt on Scumbag’s real lies, actually no, not enough time to ANALYSE (look up meaning journos) all his lies! You could make a start, couldn’t you, if you weren’t in Rupert’s pocket. Shame on you.
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Horribly biased reporting. No mention of Rustons Indue comments & no analysis of the financial benefits obtained by the contractors and the obvious political motivation over a long period of time that this would generate. What a crock from the ABC. Media diversity RC now.
So it’s ok for our PM to stand up and offend parents who have children with disabilities Remember whose side the ABC are on, people. This is leadership 👇
Muppets!
The ABC is fast becoming a disgrace.
Of course the ABC supports the Labour Party propaganda, once was FAIR unbiased news , now loaded in lefties crap
What the fuck are you doing , this dishonesty can cost the election and subsequently even more of your limited funding. Not sure you deserve it these days though. Do better.
I heard LisaMiller get v v aggressive spinning the same line this morn... Why are you playing the rumour/scare campaign card when LNP ministers have publicly said otherwise Something weird is going on... you srsly cannot be that openly biased.
Hi ABC, In 2013 tony abbot said your funding would not be cut. How is your funding going out of curiosity?
This piece makes clear just how far the ABC has gone into 'let's support the coalition' mode. Promo's 'welfare' remark, Ruston saying they plan to extend the scheme to everyone, the legislation that makes it possible to apply it to anyone they choose, all these things ignored.
It took 3 people to write this rubbish? Anne Ruston’s statement that all welfare payments would be moved to Indue are what I’ve seen every Labor figure who’s mentioned it refer to, not this mystery person ‘who can now be revealed.’
Wrong you want the right information follow thesayno7 they have been on this from the start and are the definitive source. Get it right it’s not a rumour it’s fact.
Maybe this helped ?
The Facts and the ABC parted company awhile ago imo
This headline and article is not worthy - there are many examples of lnp stating intention to put all income management onto the card- hardly scate campaign and journalist using lazy reporting instead of investigating and questioning lnp.
It's not a scare campaign, it's very real. This article needs to be tossed out, taken down. There is something horribly wrong within the ABC these days.
Retraction and public apology required ABCNews Indue
Jesus Christ ABC, Indue is NOT a scare campaign. I'm so saddened and disappointed about what's happening to our ABC. Thanks LNP 🙄
This is rubbish. Reports of problems facing people on this card have been around for years. Google it!
you’re guilty of misinformation or propaganda at best. Rushton is on film making the comments, Here is proof it’s been forced on disability pensioners and newstart recipients.
Sad to see the ABC racing The Age to the bottom.
scottytheliar spent several minutes in the debate extolling the virtues of the Indue Card - Australians be afraid! How about the Auditor General report that this program has failed to meet its objectives?! thisisnotjournalism
Oh this is insulting and amateurish. Get better.
If the promise about ICAC was easily broken, how can voters trust this promise not to include pensioners on the card won’t be broken too?🤔
But why are we giving Cashless Debit Cards to aged pensioners anyway? That is the real issue
It's NOT a rumour , it is FACT. SHAME on you 🤬
Ok, if this is a real story worth running on the news website ....lets see you do the 'death taxes' and 'retiree tax' from the LNP last election.
This is NOT a scare campaign. Anne Ruston is on record saying Indue will be extended to all those on welfare. Morrison calls the aged care pension welfare. IndueCard AusVotes2022 factcheck ABCFactCheck
Um. What is this utter nonsense? Coalition propaganda? I’m pretty sure it had more to with Anne Ruston’s comments confirming their plans to put all income management on the card. It’s that simple. Your mental gymnastics and political game-playing is embarrassing and sickening
Jeezuz Christ. ABC now an advertising agency for the LNP🙄
This is getting embarrassing for you.
It’s not a scare campaign. It’s happening.
Fark out. I thought the abc was meant to be politically impartial? Boy oh boy.
Scare campaign…? Tell that to the pensioners already on the card.. you can try and deny it all you like, but the truth is out there….
This headline is disgusting and the author should be ashamed.
Hey abc it’s not a rumour just look at what several lnp ministers have said
this bit of rubbish is a disgrace. I expected better of you. I don't need to list the reasons. Just read the bulk of the responses to this article and add my agreement to them. You have now lost me as a follower.
Leo_Puglisi6 can you fact check the ABC please?
Indigenous people are already on this card right across the country but it’s only a “scare campaign” when white folk hear they might go in it? shame on you.
Get your facts right, it wasn’t last year when this was brought up it’s been around on Twitter for at least two years. We have both Morrison and Ruston describing the aged pension as welfare. Fact. They have both said they want the CDC platform to be expanded. Fact.
You have got to be joking!!! Do some damn research!! The evidence is out there about what they intend to do. It seems you lot are the only ones in Australia who haven’t seen the footage of Ruston speaking! What about those who are already on the Indue Card? Is this a rumour too?
That’s it ABCaustralia, you have sunk as low as you have ever been. It’s NOT a ‘scare campaign’ just like ‘Mediscare’ was not. All the evidence is there, it’s not like you have to look hard.
I find this article uncomfortable as there is so much evidence indicating the CashlessDebitCard will be introduced by the Liberal Morrison Government for all government benefits. Also, this link takes you to the Death Tax fact check...
PatsKarvelas Here's an example. Either this story is hopelessly researched or the author has conveniently 'left out' that Ruston has *confirmed* this is LNP policy. It's not a Labor scare campaign but the headline demonstrates the bias ppl are angry about.
Could you guys find your impartiality again? Maybe it slipped down the back of the couch. 🤔☹️
How Indue continues to gear up recruiting hand over fist for an expansion of the Cashless debit card under the LiberalAus auspol
Wow, I didn’t believe it but it’s true. The ABC are so corrupt and lazy, they just act as a conduit for LNP news releases!
Not correct.
Is this like Mediscare? Turnbull WAS looking to outsource the Medicare IT system AND the front office payment functions to the likes of Australia Post. Well known FACT for all potentially affected staff. Outsourcing/privatisation?
This
'A disgusting lie'. Odd turn of phrase to use about something he and his government claim is such a good and necessary thing for a number of sectors in our community.
A complete scare campaign by Labour as they do at every election
How does this pass muster as independent bias free reporting?
Innocent facebook post. We all saw aged pension added to the legislation as a restrictable payment. Morrison stated numerous times pension is welfare payment. Ruston (and ors..QLD Libs/Canavan) wants extended to all welfare payments. Aged Pensioners in NT ALREADY on Indue card.
that 'expanding the cashless debit card system to aged pensioners is not currently part of the Coalition's official policy platform', IS NOT CURRENTLY. And there you have it. ScottyTheGaslighter auspol ausvotes
Also as former APS, Ive seen this many times - Maybe 'Cashless Debit Card' will be called something else in the future, and then can say the 'unnamed spokesperson' 🙄 didnt lie. 'will never have a plan to force age pensioners onto the Cashless Debit Card,' the spokesperson said.
Remember this
Ruston is on record you fools Seriously who writes this garbage....ItaButtrose is that you? ItsTime MorrisonFailure AlboForPM MurdochRoyalCommission FederalICAC
I hope when Labor get in you all get the sack for your one sided journalism
If you think the fear originated in one facebook post, you haven't been paying attention. The door was opened by amendments to legislation. Then there've been hints by MPs. The LNP also has form for imposing inhumane treatment on social security recipients and the elderly. Wakeup
This is a very poor article. Everyone knows the indue card is coming. The intent is to ‘make it the universal platform’ as Ruxton said. That means make it for everyone in plain English.
What a load of crap ABC. Ann Ruston among other LNP members are on the public record, clearly setting out the LNP’s intention to expand the Indue Card to all “welfare” recipients. Also the Medicare “scare” campaign by the ALP at the last election came true. Stop bullshitting us.
Sorry, Rupert says what? Pure propaganda and lies. The ABC knows the truth. It is already legislate for and Morrison has already stated it will be so. So have many of his ministers.
Why is this continually dismissed as a mere 'scare campaign'? The Libs are on record as planning to put all welfare recipients on it.
Scare campaign? Haven't we all seen the video by now? Replace 'scare' with 'accurate'
Let's face it no matter what any party promises & no matter how much politicians deny something bad is going to happen, voters don't believe them. Each government's reign is littered with broken promises & the smaller the party is the bigger the lies as they have nothing to lose
Gosh this is crap journalism.
Would have thought Anne Ruston saying this was their aim in Feb 2020 might have got a Mention.
Shame on you ABC News.
Hey ItaButtrose Can you explain to everyday Australians why you went from a once trusted voice to a Morrison mouthpiece?
Maybe do a bit more research, your analysis lacks much of the information in the public arena.
philYoung17 It’s not a rumour… there are receipts Coming out of the mouth of Ruston, canavan, Morrison & Pitt ( who else🤔) More anti Labor articles courtesy of ABC news 📰
*how the liberal party publicly stating their intentions to expand the indue card onto all welfare payments became a major reason not to vote for them.
So good of the ABC to go into bat for the LNP. Maybe I missed it but I don’t remember articles on the LNP retiree tax scare campaign etc. last election. At least there is truth to this campaign.
One huge problem with this propaganda piece. I am not sure why you are putting this lady at the center of the reasons why people are scared of the indue card, it is much more complicated and wide spread than that. Cute that you believe Morrison but most people know better.
Has Murdoch bought out the ABC
I was in hospital for surgery recently 9 days all covered by Medicare. Now this campaign, haven't Labor learnt from 2019 scare campaigns just piss Aussies off they don't help Labor one bit. Referring to something a LNP MP said in 2020 and ignoring what the PM is now saying FFS.
...a Labor spokesperson said that they made 'no apologies for highlighting this issue — & we will not take lectures from this govt on scare campaigns'. Should have said 'lectures' by , as well. Trusting the words of Morrison shows how bought ABC is.
So the mob the ran the 'retiree tax' and '40% death tax' scare campaigns in 2019 is complaining about a scare campaign? 🤔
Wow ABC, just Wow
Omg ABC you are beyond ridiculous now.
THIS IS NOT A SCARE CAMPAIGN. LNP ministers HAVE STATED their plan is to place welfare recipients on the Indue card. Why don't you sink your teeth into the actual facts, ABC?
Your tweet has been reported.
The card is a waste of public money and a discrimination for starters. No matter if for pensioners or other beneficiaries. Then, let’s remember the track record of the LNP when it comes to trustworthiness. It’s zero. Look at Medicare. It’s another LNPCorruptionParty own goal.
There we go. Batting again for the most corrupt and incompetent govt. since Federation. The same govt that is killing the ABC. Now why would the ABC do that?
Wrong , not a scare campaign. How does this get past your editors?
If a member of the public conducts a telephone interview with an LNP staffer who upsells the indue card. Maybe it's a piece of evidence rather than a scare campaign. Member of the public doing great investigative journalism. Well done.
Hmmmm
Scare campaign? Delete this ABC. Do better
It’s on record for sometime now, Morrison, Ruston even Canavan saying they’re looking at rolling it out nationally. I don’t have FB so I don’t know about your so called “rumour” But hey treat us like idiots.
The LNABC
What does the legislation say? Does it include aged pension? After a quick look at your article I could not see any investigation into whether currently, it can be applied legally. I’ll wait.
The focus has been on the Age pension, but other pensions such as Disability Support pension are certainly in line to be put on the Indue card. I much prefer Labors idea to scrap it altogether. Having personal spending controlled by a private company is a shocking situation.
a rumour? ...indue are hiring...
Scare campaign? Scary policy more likely. Stop with the click bait headings ... it is annoying for readers and doesn't attract new audiences.
Now write an article on how the LNP have created a scare campaign on [insert policy here] based on some off the cuff comment by some random person. You'll have plenty of work to do!
Then why is this in the Act?
Here's the thing...'not currently part of the Coalition's official policy platform' is NOT reassuring, it's an easy get out and Morrison in particular has form in later saying something like 'that's not what I said at all - we've always indicated we would look into this'
Shouldn’t you put ‘scare campaign’ in quotes, as it’s not a fact. A lot of people wouldn’t agree with that description.
Could you please fact check if indie have advertised for staff in both Brisbane and Sydney? Why do this is they are not expanding
What a lot of garbage ABC. The statements by the Coalition sparked the concerns. And a lot longer than 'last year'. It is only that MSM doesn't care how despicable policies affect the poor, and you are still guilding the lillies.
Whe hell is that garbage? Fiona Rushton literally said the Indue would be extended to all people on welfare in 2020. Does the ABC actually fact check anymore?
Are you turning into another Murdoch media company?
Oh shit... The ABC just jumped the fuckin Shark. There's no coming back from here.
According to the PM Scott Morrison, Age Pensioners will never be on the INDUE CARD. Given ABC’s incredible in-depth knowledge & understanding of this matter can you confirm that this is correct given conflicting information already in the public domain⁉️
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ItasABC reporting on facebook 'facts' and getting killed in the comments. SackItaButtrose
Lol. Oh, how truly sad abc, you've made yourself a joke.
Reported for being misleading election information. Sad to see the ABC fall so low.
How is it a scare campaign? It’s true , news is pathetic
This post needs to be investigated please ABCFactCheck
Funny how the past performance of the LNP on truth is now working so firmly against all their denials - and evidense is stacking up - Indue hiring staff - ordering millions of cards expanding .. means only one thing
Laying on the propaganda a little too thick.
Next Time rather than chasing rumour just check the senate estimates
Are ABC billing the LNP for all this advocacy work and campaigning you're doing on their behalf?
As if the lnp dosnt want us all on cashless cards suckling at the tit of artificially manufactured necessity
What TF kinda headline is this?! You guys have gone to the dogs. LABOR ISN'T LYING
It's not a scare campaign, the coalition already forced 26 people onto the card unwillingly
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