Australia’s automated welfare system remains an “unquantifiable” liability, with the government bracing for compensation claims for invalid decisions stemming from a malfunctioning IT system and failures to administer social security policy.
Budget papers this week showed the contingent liability to the Commonwealth — first acknowledged by the government last December — is still in place, despite previous rescue funding and years of attempted repairs.
The significant new funding in Tuesday’s …
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