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Centrelink debt recovery
August 2024
Bill Shorten using ‘power of persuasion’ to unseal restricted section of robodebt royal commission report
Both Anthony Albanese and Shorten point out it was not supposed to remain secret for ever, but the minister says his hands are tied
July 2024
Concerns NDIS changes will create robodebt 2.0 are ‘complete rubbish’, Bill Shorten says
AFP dismisses allegation witness gave false evidence to robodebt royal commission
June 2024
Watchdog to examine corruption commission’s robodebt decision after complaints of alleged ‘corrupt conduct’
The Agenda
The robodebt six: why it’s time we were told who was referred to the corruption commission
Paul Karp
First Dog on the Moon
Robodebt knackers the Nacc! In this country, justice is only for the powerful
IT expert wins long-running freedom of information court battle over robodebt documents
Robodebt was illegal but were its officials corrupt? This decision means now we won’t know
Robodebt: national corruption watchdog’s decision not to investigate officials angers victims and whistleblowers
May 2024
Federal Human Rights Act could help prevent policy failures like robodebt, parliamentary inquiry says
People pressured into repaying unfair robotax debts should be compensated, critics say
April 2024
Australia news live
Heavy rain continues in NSW; SA police head to Alice Springs for backup – as it happened
This blog is now closed
January 2024
Top Australian debt collector still operating in Victoria despite blacklisting
Exclusive: Consumer Affairs Victoria investigating Panthera, which was fined $500,000 in 2020 after pursuing debts from people who were not liable
December 2023
Australia news live
WA bushfires destroy at least one home – as it happened
Two people were jailed for welfare debts that Centrelink may have calculated unlawfully
November 2023
Robodebt royal commission: Labor accepts 56 recommendations, but rejects FOI changes
Albanese government releases formal response to Catherine Holmes’s inquiry into Centrelink debt recovery scheme
Centrelink officials recalled to Senate estimates after failing to answer ‘basic questions’
Request for welfare agency to return on 7 November follows ‘unnaceptable’ October hearing about growing call and payment wait times
Dozens of Centrelink fraud prosecutions dropped due to unlawful welfare debt calculations
Services Australia and prosecutors are unable to say exactly how many past convictions may be affected
October 2023
Services Australia forced to pause Centrelink debt repayments for 86,000 people amid legality concerns
Debt pause comes after watchdog found historical ‘income apportionment’ method breached social security law
September 2023
Services Australia apologises to staff over ‘unfair toll’ of robodebt
Agency’s chief executive says Centrelink staff acted in ‘good faith’, following damning royal commission findings
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