News 12/6/2025

" ... the department admits “it has become clear that decisions regarding compliance action … may not have been validly made”. The department also blames “IT systems [that] were not operating in alignment with the law and policies”.

#RoboDebt
#VictimisationOfUnemployed
#AusPol
#ScottMorrison
#ReturnYourAward
#SystemicFailure
#AustralianPublicService
#APSUnions
#PublicConfidence

https://www.crikey.com.au/2025/06/12/australia-welfare-jobseeker-payments-mutual-obligations-investigation-ombudsman/

Could this be the death of Australia’s nightmarish welfare system?

Mutual obligation is one of the last great shibboleths of Australian politics. Now the entire system is under scrutiny with potentially big implications for our welfare system.

Crikey