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Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme
The Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme will hold its initial public hearing in Brisbane at 10am on Tuesday, 27 September 2022.
At this hearing...
Robodebt was a policy fiasco with a human cost we have yet to fully appreciate
DAVID MARIUZ/AAP
The Robodebt class action bought by Gordon Legal has been settled at a cost to the government of around $1.2 billion. According...
Robodebt failed its day in court, what now?
The government seems not to have sought independent legal advice
before demanding the repayment of debts it couldn’t prove were owned. Shutterstock
Three years after...
Robo-debt class action could deliver justice for tens of thousands of Australians instead of mere hundreds
Labor’s government services spokesman Bill Shorten and lawyer
Peter Gordon announcing Gordon Legal’s robo-debt class action in Canberra
on Tuesday. Mick Tsikas/AAP
The announcement by Gordon...
We need human oversight of machine decisions to stop robo-debt drama
One former member of Australia’s government review tribunal
has described robo-debt as a form of ‘extortion’. Shutterstock
Federal MP Amanda Rishworth raised concerns...
Danger. Election 2016 delivered us Robodebt. Promises can have consequences
Automating something that couldn’t be automated is a promise
that hurt. Shutterstock/thegreenhead.com
Campaign promises can seem like so much noise and distraction; this morning’s announcement...