Tag: RoboDebt

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...

Services Australia quietly paused automation 12 months ago

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Services Australia quietly stopped its use of automation for social security and welfare claims processing almost 12 months ago, resulting in a blowout in wait times for some Centrelink...

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...

Public sector technology is failing the public interest

Posted on   |  by Dr Lesley Seebeck
In the preface to the Report of the Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme, Royal Commissioner Catherine Holmes reflects on how she was startled at the ‘myriad’ of ways...

DHS watered down data scientists’ advice on robodebt

Posted on   |  by Joseph Brookes
The department responsible for robodebt tried to water down independent advice from data experts and asked the government technology agency to enhance the illegal scheme’s “user experience” in less...