Tag: Robodebt
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
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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...
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...