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QUT student Caila Frost hasn't eaten fresh fruit and vegetables in more than a month, and lives on two-minute noodles, as cost of living bites.

Government Services Minister Bill Shorten calls for further investigation into several government contracts worth hundreds of millions of dollars over potential conflicts of interest.

Indexation means that some Centrelink recipients will see their payments increase — but not everyone is happy with the raise.

National housing campaign Everybody's Home has warned that Hunter renters on low incomes will continue to struggle to make ends meet even with scheduled increases to Centrelink and Commonwealth Rent Assistance payments.

Turns out AI can access your ATO accounts using voice cloning software.

Technology exposes security flaw in voice identification system used by Centrelink; Wollongong gears up for nuclear fight; Ticketmaster fees criticised

Friday marked the end of the public hearings for the Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme. They painted a picture of a catastrophic program that was legally and ethically indefensible – an example of how technological overreach, coupled with dereliction of duty can amount to immense suffering for ordinary people.

Exclusive: Voiceprint program used by millions of Australians to access data held by government agencies shown to have a serious security flaw

The practice of “income averaging” to calculate debts in the robodebt scheme was completely flawed. This is what I confirmed in my new report conducted for the robodebt royal commission published last Friday, the final day of the commission’s public hearings.