The Australian government wants to impose compulsory drug testing on welfare recipients in a controversial move which critics say is costly, unnecessary and "stigmatises" the unemployed.
The ruling Liberal-National coalition, which tends to take a tough approach to welfare recipients, has proposed a trial in which 5,000 people who receive unemployment benefits would be tested for drugs such as methamphetamine, cocaine and heroin.
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