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Welfare debts waived for domestic violence survivors

Centrelink debt incurred through "insidious" family violence will be waived for survivors to stop further abuse from being inflicted on vulnerable people.

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‘Unfair and unreasonable’ – report finds $1.9 billion in unpaid child support in system rife with financial abuse

The Commonwealth ombudsman has released his long-awaited report into the “weaponisation” of the child support program.

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Child support system 'broken' and being weaponised

A report has found Australian parents are not getting the necessary help from the child support system when they are the victims of financial abuse.

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When & How People Impacted By The NSW Floods Can Access Disaster Relief Payments

The federal and state governments have also activated disaster assistance to 16 LGAs in the Hunter and Mid North Coast.

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Centrelink Has Issued These Major Warnings In Australia

On 15 May 2025, Centrelink cautioned pensioners about fraudulent websites mimicking official platforms, falsely claiming Age Pension eligibility changes to steal sensitive personal and financial data.

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Coalition can’t cut 41,000 public service jobs in five years without breaking election promise, analysis shows

Majority of staff who leave each year have frontline jobs, meaning the Coalition will have to replace them or break its pledge

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Coalition cuts to public service jobs could push out social service payment wait times by months, Labor says

Exclusive: Katy Gallagher says ‘if Peter Dutton cuts, you will pay’ as Albanese government analysis shows opposition pledge would mean worsened services

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Labor defies criticism to add 3,400 public service roles

Katy Gallagher says staffing increases are necessary and an ‘investment in the future’

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How agency staff put abuse survivor through the wringer

The mistreatment of a family violence survivor by federal agency staff has been torn to shreds in a scathing report that questions their impartiality.

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Services Australia chasing billions in unpaid debt – including some which may have been unlawfully calculated

Agency pursuing $4.9bn in unpaid debts, including some potentially calculated with controversial method, question to parliament reveals

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Millions of Australians charged $4.3bn may be part of debt miscalculation controversy

Services Australia tests found about 64% of employment income-related debts may be affected by the unlawful calculation practice

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Services Australia announces plans to move out of two of its Canberra offices

More than 1400 public servants will be impacted by the move.

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Welfare call times drop, claims processing faster

New performance data from Services Australia will show call wait times and the processing of claims have improved, with people getting help faster.

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Australia’s child support system can put single mothers at risk of poverty and financial abuse

Australia’s child support system can not only increase women’s poverty, but can actually facilitate financial abuse, according to our recent research.

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Services Australia data breaches surge as scammers try to hack customer accounts using stolen details

Exclusive: Breaches linked to ‘social engineering’ rise by more than 440% after nine reported last year

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AGL overcharged customers after services were stopped

A Federal Court judge has ruled against energy provider AGL, finding it contravened national rules by overcharging customers.

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Centrepay report that found major failings ‘ignored’ by successive Coalition governments, author says

Anna Buduls says her 2013 report, which found major failings with controversial debit system, was mostly forgotten about

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Media exposure has forced the government’s hand on Centrepay. The contrast with robodebt could not be more stark

The Centrepay revelations should shock Australians – but not the government, after years of complaints about financial exploitation

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Consumer watchdog urges crackdown on businesses using Centrepay to cause financial harm

It is alleged energy companies deducted money from welfare payments of people, including Indigenous Australians, who were no longer customers

The Guardian - AU

Scammers are targeting myGov accounts during tax time. How can users protect their ATO refunds?

Criminals change phone and email details to prevent users from receiving myGov notifications – before altering tax returns and bank account details

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Corporate regulator urges crackdown on Centrepay after more than 40% of businesses found to be non-compliant

Asic alarmed at commonwealth finding that almost half of companies investigated failed to follow standards

The Guardian - AU

The robodebt six: why it’s time we were told who was referred to the corruption commission

The royal commission’s ‘sealed chapter’ was designed to let other agencies investigate, not protect the reputation of those implicated

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Advocate given second chance in robodebt document fight

Human rights activist Justin Warren has won an appeal in a long-running legal battle to access documents behind the botched robodebt scheme.

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AGL thought it was doing welfare recipients a ‘favour’ when refunding money it wrongly collected, court hears

Overpayments – many from welfare recipients – were held as credit to pay a future bill that AGL ‘knew was never coming’, federal court told

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Bill Shorten’s Speech Writer Was Paid $300K A Year & Oi Bill I’ll Do It For Half That

Minister for Government Services Bill Shorten has come under fire after the salary of his speechwriter was revealed in Senate estimates.

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