Around 310,000 people may have had support payments unlawfully cancelled under the government’s welfare compliance system after automation errors present for years prevented them from being able to reconnect, the government has conceded.
In the latest turn in the integrity scandal around Australia’s automated welfare compliance scheme, the Senate on Wednesday heard evidence that advocates’ warnings of widespread invalid cancellations are largely correct and could result in almost 100,000 more …
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