Tag: RoboDebt

Govt data sharing plan creates ‘robodebt’ threat

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
Labor will vote against the government’s “reckless” plan to open up data sharing, saying the privacy risks are too high and the scheme “opens the door to another robodebt-like...

Shorten calls for end to NDIS ‘robo-planning’

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government is in a “mad rush” to turn the NDIS into a “human-free robo-system” and should move to immediately scrap plans to introduce mandatory independent assessments, shadow...

No ‘fairness’ in the harm caused by algorithms

Posted on   |  by Marie Johnson
Australia is racing into the next decades of the digital era wilfully blind and ill-prepared as to the impact of algorithms on its citizens. I say wilfully blind because...

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,...

Govt data sharing plan ‘violates expectations’

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
New laws that “fundamentally change” the way the federal government handles the personal data of Australians will have “enormous consequences” for individual privacy, civil and digital rights groups have...

The vaccination certificate now under a spotlight

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The imminent rollout of a digital COVID-19 vaccination certification risks becoming another government tech wreck, Labor and a number of digital rights advocates have warned, with concerns over the...

Robodebt victims ‘shafted’ by settlement

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The settlement of the class action lawsuit against robodebt for $112 million in compensation minus legal fees has “shafted” the victims of the unlawful debt recovery scheme, according to...

Robodebt class action settled for $1.2 billion

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The government will pay $112 million in compensation to 400,000 victims of its robodebt scheme as part of a $1.2 billion class action lawsuit settlement over its use of...

Govt robodebt legal fees top $34m: Labor

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government has spent more than $34 million to fight ongoing legal challenges to its unlawful robodebt scheme according to Labor, with $545 million now paid back to...
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