Is evidence for or against drug-testing welfare recipients? It depends on the result we're after
- Written by Samuel Brookfield, Emergency Registered Nurse & Public Health PhD Candidate, The University of Queensland
The government’s announcement in the May 2017 budget of a trial of random drug testing of 5,000 Youth Allowance and Newstart recipients has been almost universally criticised. While the prime minister claimed the program is “based on love”, the CEO of Jobs Australia has warned it will be so demeaning as to drive young people to...




