News Service from House Harris

Fed: Payments could be controlled for dysfunctional families

The federal government's considering controlling welfare payments for dysfunctional families next year.

It's revealed it will adopt a national model from a choice of three welfarecontrol systems under trial.

The Australian reports the move will mean neglectful white parents would lose control of welfare payments .. an extension of restrictions placed on some indigenous communities as part of the Northern Territory intervention.

Trials of the government's latest option will begin on Monday in Western Australia where parents whose children are considered at risk will have 70 per cent of their welfare payments controlled.

The three options being considered are the new trial in Western Australia .. the mandatory 50 per cent quarantining system in the Northern Territory .. and the Cape York trial where a Family Relations Commission has the authority to bring welfare recipients before a hearing to decide the best way tomanage affairs.

The federal government will decide by the middle of next year which of the three welfare control models is the most successful.

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