Tag: Automated Decision Making

Govt revives ‘citizen watchdog’ missing in Robodebt

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Top legal minds and disability and Indigenous advocates have been appointed to a reinstated administrative decisions watchdog to bolster oversight and tackle systemic issues. The experts arrive as part...

Algorithm safeguards proposed to prevent Robodebt repeat

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Systems used to automate welfare, migration and other federal governments decisions could be subject to a spate of new obligations under changes being considered in the wake of the...

NSW government to explore central AI office

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The Minns government will consider the need for a centralised office to lead artificial intelligence policy and strategy in New South Wales as part of its response to a...

Senate sounds warning after ministers add new robo-powers

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
A bipartisan Senate committee has sounded the alarm over the expanded use of automated decision-making in immigration and biosecurity matters that should be decided on a case-by-case basis by...

Automated decisioning sweeps across NSW govt

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Hundreds of automated decision-making systems have been found in the first mapping of the technologies across the NSW public sector, with most being developed without a specific regulatory framework....

Robodebt ruins: Govt invests in automated decision framework

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
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...

After Robodebt: Govt pledges new regime for automated decisions

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Automated decision-making will come under greater scrutiny in the wake of Robodebt, with the federal government pledging to new oversight arrangements for automation in service delivery while it contemplates...