UNBELIEVABLE: 2 - Caught on Camera

Budget boost for welfare payments is one step closer

Laws lifting the rate of JobSeeker by $40 a fortnight have been introduced to federal parliament.

The New Daily · May 25, 2023

Jim Chalmers refuses to rule out Coalition's proposal to increase JobSeeker income free threshold

Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers has refused to rule out the Coalition's proposal to increase the JobSeeker income free threshold, but Social Services Minister Amanda Rishworth has dismissed it as a "thought bubble with no substantive analysis behind it".

ABC News · May 14, 2023

Redress scheme restrictions wound back to improve access

The changes were in response to an independent review.

Newcastle Herald · May 4, 2023

'Historic' plans to combat child abuse and neglect

Two 10-year national action plans aim to reduce the number of children needing child protection services, improve responses to abuse and help close the gap.

AAP · Jan 30, 2023

Robodebt inquiry hears claim social services official ‘sat on’ damning external legal advice about scheme

Former mid-level official Kristin Lumley says she believed there was ‘inaction’ from her boss and it would ‘end up in federal court’

The Guardian - AU · Jan 27, 2023

Foster care changes the lives of NI mum and toddler after domestic abuse

"My daughter would not be in my care if it wasn’t for them"

Belfast Live · Jan 18, 2023

Former minister to front robodebt inquiry

Former foreign minister Marise Payne will appear at a royal commission into the failed robodebt scheme she helped launch.

AAP · Dec 12, 2022

ATO 'passive' in providing robodebt data

Senior ATO staff failed to pursue concerns about the robodebt program despite sensing issues with how the personal tax information it provided was being used.

AAP · Dec 11, 2022

Probe into disability service rating error

The social services minister has launched an investigation into a coding error which impacted performance ratings of disability employment service providers.

AAP · Dec 8, 2022

Department 'anger' over robodebt scheme

A former Department of Social Services official has denied endorsing the robodebt process in correspondence with the ombudsman's office in 2017.

AAP · Dec 8, 2022