The Commonwealth Ombudsman has launched an investigation into a controversial aged care algorithm — dubbed ‘Robodebt 2.0’ — ...

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The number of complaints about assessments for home-based aged care are rising. Now, the ombudsman is getting involved.

In this bulletin, Robodebt victims secure almost half a billion dollars in an historic class-action claim, the Greens push ...

Cherie Burdett estimates that more than 500 people attended her son Tory's funeral. The 29-year-old was "six-foot tall, bald, covered in tattoos and the most lovable ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. SYDNEY (Reuters) -The Australian government said on Thursday it had agreed to pay a further A$475 million ($308.66 million) in ...

More than a decade after Australia’s notorious Robodebt regime was launched in 2015—causing immense suffering to about 450,000 welfare recipients by falsely accusing them of owing the government huge ...

The federal government has agreed to pay $548 million as part of a compensation package to victims of the "illegal and immoral" robodebt scheme. In the biggest class action settlement in Australian ...

When two young Australians suddenly receive debt letters demanding they pay Centrelink thousands of dollars, they don’t realise they’re caught up in what will become one of the biggest scandals in ...

SYDNEY, Sept 4 (Reuters) - The Australian government said on Thursday it had agreed to pay a further A$475 million ($308.66 million) in compensation to victims of an illegal welfare debt recovery ...