First Robodebt, now NDIS and aged care: how computers still decide who gets care

Computers promise to replace fallible human judgement with something more consistent, efficient and fair. But this isn’t ...
Goulburn Post

Former PM cleared, two robodebt officials found corrupt

Two officials involved in the unlawful robodebt scheme have been found to be corrupt, but will avoid facing criminal charges. A National Anti-Corruption Commission inquiry on Wednesday found two of ...
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Robodebt victims to be given $475 million over disastrous scheme

The federal government has agreed to pay $548 million as part of a compensation package to victims of the "illegal and immoral" robodebt scheme. In the biggest class action settlement in Australian ...
Jurist

Australia royal commission: head government lawyer knew Robodebt scheme was illegal

A former Australian government lawyer Tuesday informed a royal commission that he withheld legal advice that the Robodebt scheme, an automated debt assessment and recovery method utilized by Services ...
The Conversation

Robodebt royal commissioner makes multiple referrals for prosecution, condemning scheme as ‘crude and cruel’

Robodebt Royal Commissioner Catherine Holmes has referred multiple individuals involved with the illegal scheme for civil and criminal prosecutions and other actions. But the names remain secret. They ...
Jurist

Australia dispatch: Robodebt Scheme royal commission hearings confirm the Australian Government was warned about illegality

Australian law students are reporting for JURIST on law-related events in and affecting Australia. Gwendolyn Devoy is a law student at Newcastle University. She files this dispatch from Newcastle, New ...