Labour proposes extending welfare quarantining to non-indigenous peoples

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Welfare quarantining may be rolled out across Australia under new proposals. The policy, introduced as part of the Northern Territory Intervention, targets Indigenous people, but now the Government says it will apply to other welfare recipients. Extending welfare quarantining to non-Indigenous recipients would allow the government to re-instate the Racial Discrimination Act and maintain its controversial policy.

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