Tag: RoboDebt

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...

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...

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...

Do no harm: Managing the social risks of AI

Posted on   |  by Jordan Guiao
Science is about making the world clearer and more understandable. By classifying the world into observable, repeatable, verifiable phenomena we move towards a shared sense of reality rather than...

The dangerous culture that created Robodebt and RoboNDIS

Posted on   |  by Marie Johnson
Why is there silence on the fact that the bureaucracy not only ignored legal commentary from an esteemed legal scholar on Robodebt, but has also ignored legal commentary from...

New laws clear path to pursue ex-agency heads over Robodebt

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The Albanese government will introduce legislation to provide an express power for the Public Service Commissioner to investigate former agency heads, after some ex-mandarins claimed leaving the public service...

Opposition pushes digital difference in govt services

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
A Dutton government would revive automation and compliance technologies in a bid to curb wait times, personalise services and fight fraud, shadow digital minister Paul Fletcher told the ICT...

Corruption watchdog won’t pursue Robodebt officials

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The national corruption watchdog will not pursue the six public officials who were referred to it last year by the Royal Commission into the Robodebt scheme after finding it...

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...