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Parliament sits this week with the government set to introduce legislation for its proposed National Reconstruction Fund.
While the Coalition is set to oppose the 15-billion-dollar plan, the Government is confident it’ll secure enough support for its passage from the cross bench. Meantime, Senate estimates are on this week, with the Coalition to target the government on a range of issues including the scrapping of the cash less debit card.
After the crime wave in Alice Springs, there are reports of alcohol abuse and social unrest in a number of other communities, in the wake of the debit card becoming voluntary late last year.
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