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Medicare Rebates Totalling More Than $230 Million Still Need To Be Claimed By Aussies

You might be owed a good chunk of cash.

Pedestrian.tv · Nov 29, 2023

The government has released its action plans to end violence against women and children. Will they be enough?

The Australian government has today released the First Action Plan 2023-2027 and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Action Plan under the National Plan to End Violence against Women and Children 2022-2032. These long-awaited plans detail what the Commonwealth, state and territory governments have agreed to do to progress their…

The Conversation · Aug 16, 2023

'There will rightly be criticism', DSS secretary told staff after robodebt hearings

Inside the Department of Social Services' reactions to the royal commission.

The Canberra Times · Jun 4, 2023

Australians on jobseeker shouldn’t have to move one lightbulb from room to room. We must do better

When welfare rates are desperately inadequate they can stop people finding work, writes Senator David Pocock. Raising them makes solid economic sense

The Guardian - AU · Apr 20, 2023

Why robodebt's use of 'income averaging' lacked basic common sense

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.

The Conversation · Mar 16, 2023

Top bureaucrat who oversaw Robodebt rollout says document to ministers was potentially misleading

Kathryn Campbell tells the Robodebt royal commission that a document put to Cabinet failed to mention the need for legislative change.

ABC News · Mar 7, 2023

Robodebt inquiry: evidence contradicts witness’s claim he didn’t know unlawful method was being used

Former Department of Human Services official tells inquiry he can’t explain emails and other documents he saw referring to use of income averaging

The Guardian - AU · Feb 24, 2023

Partner income tests are preventing some Australians with disabilities from getting married

Julie relies on the Disability Support Pension. She says if she takes the next step in her relationship with Simon, she will lose the pension, and therefore her independence.

ABC News · Feb 23, 2023

Public servants may have ‘colluded’ to launch robodebt despite knowing it was unlawful, inquiry hears

Former deputy secretary Serena Wilson denies ‘reconstructing events’ in her evidence to the royal commission to protect her own interests

The Guardian - AU · Feb 23, 2023

Coalition government lacked 'empathy' for welfare recipients, focused on cost savings, Serena Wilson tells Robodebt royal commission

A former department head described the office of then-social services minister Scott Morrison as having "limited interest in advice" between 2014 and 2018.

ABC News · Feb 23, 2023