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Tech News: 5 Things to Know in Australia Today
From a new Meta Quest VR headset to EV Ubers in NSW, here are five things headlining tech news today in Australia.
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Court Approves $1.7 Billion Settlement For ‘Shameful’ Robo-Debt Scheme
The Federal Court has approved a $1.7 billion settlement for the 430,000 welfare recipients who were charged under Robo-Debt scheme.
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The Department Of Human Services Says RoboDebt ‘Went Well’ And ‘Delivered Lots Of Savings’
In July 2016 the Australian Government rolled out a new automated income matching system for detecting and recovering debts. The Online Compliance Intervention Program, which soon became known as “Robodebt”, was designed to help the Department of Human Services collect $4.5 million in debt every day. In that sense, it was super efficient. Too efficient,…