Tag: RoboDebt

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....

Robodebt class action launched

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The legal foundations of the controversial robodebt scheme will be tested in court as part of a new class action lawsuit that will argue the government’s use of an...

Centrelink folds in Robodebt case

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Centrelink has wiped clean the debt at the centre of a second Federal Court case challenging the controversial Robodebt data matching and debt recovery program. Victorian Legal Aid said...

Labor reignites robo-debt debate

Posted on   |  by James Riley
Labor has called on the government to scrap the “seriously malfunctioning” robo-debt program, the first time it has pushed for the controversial scheme to be stopped entirely. Former Opposition...