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Marie had cancer and needed to reach Centrelink. Like millions of Australians, she couldn’t get through

More unanswered calls, growing delays for payments to be processed, all while staff head for the exit. Is Centrelink facing a new crisis?

The Guardian - AU

Robodebt royal commission: Labor accepts all 56 recommendations in full or in principle

Albanese government releases formal response to Catherine Holmes’s inquiry into Centrelink debt recovery scheme

The Guardian - AU

Centrelink Is In A Crisis With No End In Sight As Almost 20% Of Staff Are Ready To Resign

Staff morale is at an all time low, with almost 200 resignations a month.

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MyGov to use face or fingerprint recognition instead of passwords in bid to fight scams

Announcement of change to Australians’ accounts from 2024 comes amid concern over ‘scam-in-a-box kits’ being sold on dark web

The Guardian - AU

Morrison’s Israel trip was ‘showboating’ and PM should focus on domestic affairs, Turnbull says

Former PM dismisses suggestions Anthony Albanese should visit Israel and says he must advance interests of Australians

The Guardian - AU

Staffing boost returns humans to Centrelink services

Thousands more frontline workers are being hired to improve Centrelink and Medicare services, in line with recommendations from the robodebt royal commission.

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‘Scam-in-a-box’: MyGov suspends thousands of accounts linked to dark web fraud kits

Exclusive: Scams utilise phishing attacks on Centrelink, ATO and Medicare accounts using obtained login details

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Services Australia targets call wait times with 3000 extra staff

About 500 staff will be in Canberra.

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Centrelink officials recalled to Senate estimates after failing to answer ‘basic questions’

Request for welfare agency to return on 7 November follows ‘unnaceptable’ October hearing about growing call and payment wait times

The Guardian - AU

Centrelink issues 2.8m busy messages to callers in only two months as wait times blow out

Crossbench MPs raise alarm with minister as Services Australia data shows only 23% of calls were answered in July and August

The Guardian - AU

Anthony Pratt bought access to the top in the US. He does it here too

The billionaire spent millions cultivating Donald Trump. He’s done the same with Australian politicians — in plain sight.

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Security to be stepped up after public servant stabbing

Government Services Minister Bill Shorten has unveiled a security overhaul following a May attack on a frontline welfare staffer.

AAP

Independent MP pushes for action on robodebt repairs

MP Kate Chaney will push for a parliamentary committee to be established to ensure recommendations from the robodebt royal commission are delivered.

AAP

Shorten urges united approach to commission findings

Bill Shorten has urged jurisdictions to work together to determine the best way to implement findings from the disability royal commission.

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The Guardian - AU

Midnight Oil launch ad targeting voice ‘scare campaigns’ – as it happened

This blog is now closed.

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Shorten wants answers on 'confronting' footage of kids

Bill Shorten wants answers after "shocking and confronting" footage of children with autism being pinned to the ground by NDIS workers was broadcast.

The Guardian - AU

NDIS providers should be forced to fund ombudsman to address complaints, disability advocates say

NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission accused of failing to address price-gouging and unscrupulous service providers

Newcastle Herald

'Unfair toll on you': Services Australia boss says sorry to staff for robodebt

'You deserve an apology from your agency,' Ms Skinner told staff.

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The Guardian - AU

Federal government paid Infosys $191m for abandoned Centrelink calculator that only processed 784 claims

Automated welfare ‘engine’ was part of effort to overhaul payments system but then abandoned, with Bill Shorten saying it ‘wasn’t fit for purpose’

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The gospel of Scott Morrison is his most poisonous legacy

The former prime minister has engraved his moral nihilism and will-to-power politics on the heart of the Liberal Party. And it could have consequences for decades to come.

The Guardian - AU

Up to 100,000 Centrelink debts or potential debts miscalculated over two decades, ombudsman finds

‘Unlawfully apportioning’ income could cause incorrect calculations on welfare payments but practice unrelated to robodebt, report says

The Guardian - AU

Scott Morrison a ‘bottomless well of self-pity’ with no ‘mercy’ for robodebt’s real victims, Bill Shorten says

Minister for government services says ‘real victims are all those Australians who lost trust in government’ due to scheme

Newcastle Herald

Terriers on the train: why do we discriminate against dogs?

Australia is a land of dog lovers.

Crikey

As politics becomes religion, the right invents a new way to avoid accountability

After the robodebt royal commission, some voices on the right are trying to discredit Labor’s inquiries into Coalition scandals.

Newcastle Herald

How both sides of politics inched us towards the miseries of robodebt

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