Tag: Commonwealth Ombudsman

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‘Sloppy’ cops flout tech surveillance laws

Invasive surveillance powers are being used without proper justifications or record keeping, a new review shows, leading to calls to reign in authorities that are covertly accessing Australians’ private...

Ombudsman armed with new powers to avoid Robodebt repeat

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
New laws forcing agencies to cooperate with the Commonwealth Ombudsman and surrender documents have passed parliament, in the latest part of the government’s response to the Robodebt royal commission....

Ombudsman investigates jobseeker system after tech stresses

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The Commonwealth Ombudsman is investigating the cancellation of income support payments after advocates warned technology glitches and slowdowns had exposed a broken system and that some cancellations were unlawful....

Ombudsman gets new powers to avoid Robodebt repeat

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Agencies face a new post-Robodebt statutory duty next year to cooperate with Ombudsmen and could be forced to hand over records under legislation that passed the House of Representatives...

‘Serious’ issues with police access to telco data on the rise

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
“Serious compliance issues” with law enforcement access to metadata and content under Australia’s telecommunications interception laws have climbed for the third straight year, the Commonwealth Ombudsman has found. The...

Ombudsman slams AFP’s ‘cavalier’ approach to telco data

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
A “cavalier” approach to the handling of telecommunications data led to the AFP potentially unlawfully accessing location information hundreds of times, a scathing Commonwealth Ombudsman report has found. The...

ServicesAus’ tech systems made robodebt worse

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government continued to recover money from welfare recipients despite admitting its robodebt scheme was “legally insufficient,” in part because its IT systems were not up to scratch,...

Centrelink gets $500m overhaul funding

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The government has provided more than $500 million for the final stage of the massive overhaul of the IT system underpinning Australia’s welfare payments, which is now set to...

Ombudsman seeks more funds for CLOUD Act role

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The Commonwealth Ombudsman has asked for more funding to properly scrutinise the proposed new data-sharing deal with the US, which would give “significant new powers to covertly intrude on...