A decade on from Robodebt, the Albanese government is increasing the use of automation without overarching rules or transparency requirements, sparking a push from independent MPs, advocates and public...
The Albanese government is being urged to hold its contentious plan to automate key parts of the NDIS out of landmark reforms to the scheme expected to pass the...
Unprecedented powers to automate high-risk decisions and raise debts without review are exposing the NDIS to the same central risks of robodebt, the Senate heard this week from legal...
Legislation to reform the National Disability Insurance Scheme opens the door to another robodebt disaster by handing the government unprecedented powers to automate discretionary decisions and limit review rights,...
Employment minister Amanda Rishworth on Wednesday backed her department to deliver a fair welfare compliance system in the next iteration of Australia’s employment services model, despite serious legal doubts...
Fewer than one in five government agencies are disclosing their authority to use automation technologies, a sweep of 23 agency websites shows, as government-wide reforms to improve transparency drag...
NSW government agencies have been told to update public disclosures with information on their use of artificial intelligence and automated decision-making, after a review found almost none are. The...
The Albanese government has not completed promised reforms to automated decision-making by federal agencies that the Robodebt royal commission said were urgently needed more than two years ago. Despite...
Services Australia ramped up its testing of automation and artificial intelligence last year in preparation for wider deployments aimed at cutting costs and improving services in 2025, despite incomplete...
As Attorney General Mark Dreyfus forges ahead with a framework for automating government decisions, experts say the plan is missing foundational work and the reform ambition it needs. In...