Reality Bytes

Interview with Bianca - Lived Experience of the Cashless Debit Card

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Desley Casey, Reality Bytes podcast host interviews Bianca.  Bianca is 32 years old and was forced onto the cashless debit card twice and taken off the card twice. Bianca is a mum of 5 children.

The discussion includes however not limited to:

  • How Bianca was placed on the Cashless Debit Card twice, even though she did not reside in any of the trial site areas in Australia.
  • Her efforts of successfully getting off the card and the support she was provided.
  • The impact the card had not only herself but also her children.
  • The mental and emotional impacts of the card as well as financial impacts.
  • Bianca's experiences of the attitudes and treatment of staff both from Services Australia and Indue Pty Ltd
  • The bra experience and what Indue staff demanded she provide to them in order to approve/or not approve the purchase from an overseas EBay seller.  (Beware, beware, beware!!!)
  • How this card is government sanctioned financial abuse towards card holders.
  • Practical steps to take in order to be successfully taken off the card.
  • And, so much more.

    • (Approximately 1 hour, 7 minutes)


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