More than $10 million has been set aside to introduce a consistent legal framework for automated decision-making across government and to bring back an administrative decisions watchdog abolished by the Coalition almost a decade ago.
The new automated decision framework — expected to include allowing impacted persons to seek review, better disclosures of the practice and independent scrutiny — and the revival of the Administrative Review Council comes as part of the Albanese government’s response to the Robodebt disaster that was funded on Wednesday.
Automated decision making and a lack of oversight were key parts of the “neither fair nor legal” scheme, allowing the government to fast track the raising of $1.76 billion in alleged debts against around 526,000 Australians.
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