This review considered whether the compulsory income management scheme is compatible with human rights and what its impact had been on communities where it was imposed. The report finds that the compulsory scheme limits human rights and as a result recommends its abolition in favour of a wholly voluntary scheme.

The Cashless Debit Card (CDC) program has attracted parliamentary scrutiny, particularly in relation to the impact on individuals and communities. The objective of this audit was to assess the effectiveness of the transitional arrangements from the CDC program to the Enhanced Income Management (EIM) program. The audit finds that the transitional arrangements have been largely...

The objective of this audit was to examine the effectiveness of the Department of Social Services' administration of the Cashless Debit Card program, including implementation of the recommendations made in an earlier audit.

This evaluation provides evidence about the outcomes of the Cashless Debit Card (CDC) in the first three trial areas in which it was rolled out. The purpose of this evaluation was to create a new, integrated evidence base and use it to assess the impact of the CDC.

The findings outlined in this working paper strongly suggest that income management has failed to achieve any systematic community level improvements in outcomes for the Indigenous population of the Northern Territory.