The Albanese government is bracing for a wave of compensation claims from its automated welfare compliance system, listing almost half a decade of potentially unlawful decisions as a new “unquantifiable” Commonwealth liability.
The new contingent liability was recognised on Wednesday in the mid-year budget update, which also set aside almost $44 million in new funding to try and fix the scheme and pay some “targeted” compensation.
It comes on the …
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