Tag: Automated Decision Making

NDIS bill opens the door to next Robodebt, experts warn

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
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...

NDIS bill arms govt with unprecedented automation power

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
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,...

Public in the dark on govt automation tech

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
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...

Robodebt tech reforms fade from focus

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
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...

Independent MP moves to clean up Robodebt

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Independent Tasmanian MP Andrew Wilkie on Monday accused the Prime Minister of paying lip service to Robodebt reforms while introducing his own legislation to act on two-year old recommendations....

Services Australia lays two-year AI ethics footing

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Services Australia has unveiled its first automation and artificial intelligence strategy, which it says will give it a two-year ethical footing and pathway to trust in the technologies. The...