Government misleading on Cashless Debit Card statistics again
The Government has again relied on cherry-picked data to make misleading claims about the success of the Cashless Debit Card in the Hinkler region.
“The Government claims that unemployment has dropped in the QLD trial site but they have used the data for the much larger region of Wide Bay as the basis for this claim,” Australian Greens spokesperson on Family and Community Services Senator Rachel Siewert said.
“It’s like saying that unemployment has dropped in Canberra using the figures for the whole of NSW, it’s ridiculous!