Welfare conditionality, whereby eligibility for income support payments is linked to prescribed forms of behaviour or values, is intended to encourage responsible behaviour in marginalised populations. However in practice, it may have consequences that worsen rather than improve their life chances. One of the most invasive forms of conditional welfare is income management (IM), involving the quarantining of up to 90 per cent of income that cannot be spent on excluded items in order to reduce substance abuse and gambling and enhance financial management and parenting capacity. This qualitative study examines the views of IM participants and community stakeholders in the regional community of Ceduna, Australia. Its findings are presented – pertaining to practical experiences of IM, the impact of IM on participant wellbeing, and community divisions around IM – and the study discusses whether or not it has advanced key program objectives. It is concluded that the negative effects of IM exceed any perceived benefits.

福利条件，即收入支持支付的资格与规定的行为或价值观形式相关联，旨在鼓励边缘化人群的负责任行为。然而，在实践中，它可能会产生恶化而不是改善他们的生活机会的后果。最具侵入性的有条件福利形式之一是收入管理 (IM)，其中包括隔离高达 90% 的收入，这些收入不能用于被排除在外的项目，以减少药物滥用和赌博，并提高财务管理和养育子女的能力。这项定性研究考察了澳大利亚塞杜纳地区社区的 IM 参与者和社区利益相关者的观点。介绍了它的发现——关于 IM 的实践经验、IM 对参与者幸福感的影响、和围绕 IM 的社区分歧——该研究讨论了它是否具有先进的关键计划目标。得出的结论是，IM 的负面影响超过了任何感知到的好处。