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197,000 notices wiped from ‘shameful’ robodebt scheme

Nearly 200,000 people identified by the unlawful robodebt scheme won’t be pursued, with the federal government scrapping long-running investigations and wiping debts from the “shameful” scheme. On Wednesday, Social...

PM launches Royal Commission into ‘cruel’ robodebt scheme

25 August 2022 | by Joseph Brookes

The Albanese government has established a Royal Commission into the robotdebt scandal, announcing the inquiry will have ranging terms of reference and focus on “decisions made by those in...

Robodebt Royal Commission to be launched this year

23 May 2022 | by Denham Sadler

A Royal Commission into the robodebt scandal will be launched by the end of the year following Labor’s election win on the weekend. Labor promised to launch the commission...

Governance for the National Disability Investment System

17 May 2022 | by Marie Johnson

It should not take Royal Commissions and class actions to remediate the intractable defects that exist within the NDIS, but the community demands justice and safety. So catastrophic is...

The Hunger Games created by NDIS algorithms

11 May 2022 | by Marie Johnson

This fifth article in the Defending the NDIS series looks at the harm caused by algorithms and the perverted power politics of algorithms that is driving political debate. The...

Ukraine war a wake-up call for Australia’s digital chasm

28 February 2022 | by Marie Johnson

In the third decade of the 21st century, the digital chasm has been crossed. But not as anticipated or predicted. The Ukraine crisis is a demonstration of the power...

‘Cruel indifference’: Govt blocks release of robodebt information for a fifth time

24 November 2021 | by Denham Sadler

The federal government’s refusal to release key documents relating to its robodebt scheme for a fifth time has been branded “cruel” and “contemptuous” by a number of senators. The...

The algorithm-industrial complex: where is the widespread backlash?

14 September 2021 | by Marie Johnson

OPINON: There’s a passage in Ernest Hemingway’s novel “The Sun Also Rises” in which a character named Mike is asked how he went bankrupt. “Two ways” he answers. “Gradually,...

Robodebt was technology ‘beta testing’ on most vulnerable citizens

8 September 2021 | by Joseph Brookes

The robodebt scheme was an example of a government “beta testing” algorithms on its most vulnerable citizens and failed to properly account for fundamental principles of accuracy, accountability, and...

Govt keeps robodebt advice secret

26 August 2021 | by Denham Sadler

The federal government has again blocked the release of documents relating to the robodebt scandal, in an “enormous undermining of public confidence” which could lead to similar failures of...

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197,000 notices wiped from ‘shameful’ robodebt scheme

PM launches Royal Commission into ‘cruel’ robodebt scheme

Robodebt Royal Commission to be launched this year

Governance for the National Disability Investment System

The Hunger Games created by NDIS algorithms

Ukraine war a wake-up call for Australia’s digital chasm

‘Cruel indifference’: Govt blocks release of robodebt information for a fifth time

The algorithm-industrial complex: where is the widespread backlash?

Robodebt was technology ‘beta testing’ on most vulnerable citizens

Govt keeps robodebt advice secret

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