I know some of the academics who evaluated the cards and this is partially true but also a bit misleading. It's hard to untangle the impacts of the card overall, but many key KPIs failed and the qualitative evidence suggests that they are only beneficial for a lucky fewhttps://twitter.com/callapilla/status/958840219888840704 …
Some of the research that they conducted - many conclusions negative, some positives for specific sub-groups of people @callapilla https://www.dss.gov.au/families-and-children/programs-services/welfare-conditionality/income-management/income-management-evaluations/evaluation-of-new-income-management-in-the-northern-territory …