The recent data-matching debacle that is Centrelink’s debt recovery algorithm is likely to affect around 1.5 million Australians, demanding they repay government welfare based on dodgy links to incomplete Australian Tax Office records. It’s bad software, rorting the citizens in our society that already have it pretty tough. But, before…
Yesterday it was revealed that State and Federal Government agencies are monitoring the social media and eBay accounts of Centrelink recipients, and using that data to prosecute fraud claims against them. In response, The Department of Human Services has told Gizmodo it is “serious about protecting the integrity of Australia’s…
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