Mathias Cormann 'open' to random drug tests for MPs as part of deal for mandatory test for welfare recipients
A federal government frontbencher says he would be happy to see politicians drug tested in the same way as welfare recipients. Key points: The idea was first proposed and then shelved in 2017 One positive test would result in being placed on income management and a referral to a rehabilitation program The adding of heroin and cocaine to the list of drugs to test for is one of the changes Under a plan being revived by the Coalition, people on Newstart and Youth Allowance who test positive for drugs including ice, marijuana, ecstasy, heroin and cocaine could be placed on income management or referred to rehabilitation programs. The two-year trial would see 5,000 welfare recipients tested for drugs at three trial sites - Logan in Queensland, Canterbury-Bankstown in New South Wales and Mandurah in Western Australia. Welfare drug tests could work OPINION: Drug-testing welfare recipients could help some of the addicts I see while working in mental health in Bankstown. "Community sentiment around people who are relying on welfare has really shifted in recent years, there's a lot more understanding about how difficult it is to make ends meet," she said.
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