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Australians are right to ask ‘is this good enough?’ when it comes to the Nacc’s final robodebt report | A J Brown https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/13/nacc-final-robodebt-report-corruption-australia-reaction-ntwnfb #CentrelinkDebtRecovery #AustraliaNews #NationalAnticorruptionCommission #Welfare #AustralianPolitics

Australians are right to ask ‘is this good enough?’ when it comes to the Nacc’s final robodebt report

The anti-corruption watchdog’s long-awaited findings provide some answers, but raise even bigger questions about what exactly the body is for

The Guardian

World news | The Guardian Mar 12

Robodebt was the great test of Australia’s accountability mechanisms – and they failed https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/mar/12/robodebt-australia-centrelink-debt-whistleblower-justice-accountability-failed #Centrelink #CentrelinkDebtRecovery #AustraliaNews #NationalAnticorruptionCommission #Welfare

Robodebt was the great test of Australia’s accountability mechanisms – and they failed

The final report into the Centrelink debt recovery process that wreaked havoc on the vulnerable is not the full-stop many wanted. It has not restored the trust that was so fundamentally broken

The Guardian

Opinion | The Guardian US Sep 15, 2025

Politicians hoping AI can fix Australia’s housing crisis are risking another Robodebt | Ehsan Nabavi https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/sep/15/australia-housing-crisis-artificial-intelligence-ai-politicians-risk-another-robodebt #Artificialintelligence(AI) #Centrelinkdebtrecovery #Australianews #Housing

Politicians hoping AI can fix Australia’s housing crisis are risking another Robodebt

The technology will be used to ‘simplify and speed up assessments and approvals’. But planning is more than just paperwork waiting to be automated

The Guardian

Opinion | The Guardian US Sep 4, 2025

The robodebt class action settlement may be the biggest in Australian history – but the trauma isn’t over | Peter Whiteford https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/sep/05/robodebt-class-action-settlement-biggest-in-australian-history-but-trauma-isnt-over #Centrelinkdebtrecovery #Australianpolitics #Australianews #Centrelink #Welfare

The robodebt class action settlement may be the biggest in Australian history – but the trauma isn’t over

Class action members will have the option of individualised assessments, which means some will receive more than others

The Guardian

Opinion | The Guardian US Aug 13, 2025

I am a Robodebt whistleblower. I know what it’s like to be punished for speaking out and why protection is urgent | Jeannie-Marie Blake https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/13/i-am-a-robodebt-whistleblower-i-know-what-its-like-to-be-punished-for-speaking-out-and-why-protection-is-urgent #Royalcommissionintorobodebt #Centrelinkdebtrecovery #Australianpolitics #Centrelink #Welfare

I am a robodebt whistleblower. I know what it’s like to be punished for speaking out and why protection is urgent

I immediately saw robodebt for what the royal commission eventually concluded it to be: unlawful and deeply unethical

The Guardian

Dale Reardon Jul 31, 2024

Guardian News: Concerns #NDIS changes will create robodebt 2.0 are ‘complete rubbish’, Bill Shorten says https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/jul/31/concerns-ndis-changes-will-create-robodebt-20-are-complete-rubbish-bill-shorten-says #Nationaldisabilityinsurancescheme #Royalcommissionintorobodebt #Centrelinkdebtrecovery #Australianpolitics #Australianews #BillShorten #Health #Disability

Concerns NDIS changes will create robodebt 2.0 are ‘complete rubbish’, Bill Shorten says

Experts have warned new rules have ‘flavour and smell’ of the unlawful program but NDIS minister says comparison is ‘without basis’

The Guardian

cass-Aby-andra Apr 4, 2023

Services Australia is using telecommunications metadata and password-bypassing software to investigate welfare recipients suspected of claiming single payments while in relationships.

The Centrelink administrator told the Attorney General’s Department (ADG) that metadata is used to detect “people who receive payments as a single person while in a marriage-like relationship,” according to documents obtained by iTnews.

Submissions to AGD in 2015 and again in 2022 [pdf], obtained through a freedom of information request, list types of fraud the agency uses welfare recipients’ telecommunications metadata to detect.

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https://www.itnews.com.au/news/password-crackers-and-metadata-used-to-check-centrelink-users-relationship-status-592649