Tag: RoboDebt

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Unlawful robodebt bunfight heats up

How the government came to be running an unlawful scheme needs to be properly investigated, crossbench senator Rex Patrick said, as the Opposition officially backed calls for a Royal...

Robodebt inquiry inevitable, but in what form?

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
A full inquiry into the government’s illegal robodebt scheme now seems inevitable, with the main question now centring around what form it will take. On Friday afternoon Government Services...

No apology, no accountability: Robodebt

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Despite nearly 500,000 unlawfully issued debts worth more than $700 million, and the minister still couldn’t apologise. Fronting up to a hastily called press conference after cynically waiting until...

Govt to refund $700m in robodebts

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government will refund nearly 500,000 robodebts worth more than $700 million after admitting significant elements of the scheme were unlawful. In a taking out the trash announcement...

ServicesAus wants a 24/7 data check on welfare

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government is on the hunt for a private company to provide it a 24/7 data platform allowing it to conduct searches to verify information about welfare recipients....

Senate orders release of robodebt advice

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The Senate has ordered government to release legal advice it received on the highly controversial robodebt scheme, as Labor called for everyone who paid a ‘debt’ under the program...

Robodebt revelations hit new low

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The government’s robodebt scheme has hit a “new low” with revelations that vulnerable Australians were increasingly targeted last year, despite warnings the scheme was illegal, the federal Opposition says....

MYEFO: Robodebt an ‘unquantifiable’ risk

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government has acknowledged its trouble-plagued robodebt scheme is an “unquantifiable risk” to its coffers and announced a range of new tech-focused projects as part of the Mid-Year...

Robo-debt unlawful, Govt admits

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government has admitted defeat in a major legal challenge against robo-debt, conceding that a debt raised through the highly controversial program was unlawful. Victorian Legal Aid brought...

New data-matching plan for Medicare

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The federal government has unveiled a Medicare data-matching scheme to find fraudulent claims, but is at pains to say it won’t be a repeat of the controversial robodebt program....
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