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Centrelink
Cashless Card Controversy Reignited by New University Study
Discussions around quarantining the income of job seekers has reared its head following a report into the after-effects of the Cashless Debit Card's removal.
July 10, 2024
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Crystal-Rose Jones
Backlog of Over 1 Million Claims at Services Australia Will Be Eased by New Staff
Hazlehurst cautioned that the backlog would take some time to reduce to acceptable levels, saying he hoped to ...
February 14, 2024
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Jim Birchall
Services Australia Asked to Consider Wiping Off 100,000 Potentially Miscalculated Debts
The agency responsible for delivering government payments was found to have unlawfully apportioned income and haven't addressed the ...
December 4, 2023
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Nina Nguyen
Labor to Hire 3,000 New Public Servants for Centrelink and Medicare
The hiring spree will cost taxpayers $228 million.
November 5, 2023
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Monica O’Shea
Department in Charge of Medicare, Centrelink Says Staff Shortages Not a Problem
Services Australia, the agency that oversees Australia's public health and social security schemes, Medicare and Centrelink, has dismissed ...
July 7, 2023
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Victoria Kelly-Clark
Tens of Thousands of Calls Unanswered as Agency in Charge of Centrelink and Medicare Struggles
Tens of thousands of calls to one of Australia's most important domestic government agencies are allegedly going unanswered, ...
July 6, 2023
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Victoria Kelly-Clark
Welfare Payment Boost Expected for People Aged Over 55
Welfare recipients aged 55 and older are expected to receive a boost to their JobSeeker payments in a ...
May 1, 2023
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AAP
Robodebt Class Action Settles for $1.2 Billion
About 400,000 Australians who had money taken from them unlawfully in the federal government's robodebt scandal will share ...
November 16, 2020
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AAP
Centrelink Chases Thousands To Repay Debts
Centrelink is chasing about 40,000 Australians who are owed money or will have their debts cancelled through the ...
October 29, 2020
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AAP
Centrelink Debt Recovery Scheme to Resume
Australians on welfare will soon be subject to Centrelink's debt recovery program again, with the government ending the ...
October 27, 2020
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AAP
Criminals Targeting Virus Support Schemes
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has vowed to crack down on organised crime syndicates targeting coronavirus welfare schemes. Federal police ...
July 1, 2020
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AAP
Attorney-General Declines to Apologise for Australia’s Robo-Debt Citing Ongoing Litigation
Attorney-General Christian Porter has not apologized for the faults of the robo-debt scheme that forced thousands of Australians ...
May 30, 2020
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AAP
Unemployment Pay Will End After Pandemic: Australian PM
On April 23, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said that the jobless payments, which were doubled because of ...
April 23, 2020
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Jessie Zhang
Welfare Applicants in Australia Told to Register Online
Tens of thousands of sacked Australian workers are being told to apply for welfare payments online. Services Australia ...
March 24, 2020
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