Tag: Data Matching

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....

Medicare data-matching bill passes Parliament

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The government will launch a new data-matching scheme for sensitive medical information, designed to crack down on Medicare fraud, after controversial legislation sailed through Parliament with support from the...

Health data share plan is too broad

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government’s proposed Medicare data-matching scheme is too broad and would bring with it a range of privacy risks, according to the NSW Council for Civil Liberties. The...

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....

Robo-debt tech gets a boost

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The federal government’s controversial robo-debt data matching scheme has been further funded despite revelations the program has so far only just recovered more money than it has cost. The...