Royal commission calls grow in wake of $1.8 billion settlement for ‘shameful’ robo-debt
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Welfare

Royal commission calls grow in wake of $1.8 billion settlement for ‘shameful’ robo-debt

A Federal Court justice says the government should have known its robo-debt calculations were unlawful.

  • byNick Bonyhady andTammy Mills

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Aged care workers could be forced to get vaccine as Commonwealth scrambles

Aged care workers could be forced to get vaccine as Commonwealth scrambles

Aged care workers could be forced to get vaccinated,as the federal government scrambles to immunise residents and workers ahead of a growing wave of infections in Victoria.

  • byRachel Clun
Job seekers to be switched to online service in hidden $1.1 billion budget saving
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Jobs

Job seekers to be switched to online service in hidden $1.1 billion budget saving

More than a million job seekers will be switched to an online service in a bid to replace face-to-face employment services as part of a hidden $1.1 billion saving.

  • byDavid Crowe
Turbulence ahead for NDIS amid proposed changes
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Disability

Turbulence ahead for NDIS amid proposed changes

The changes being considered to the NDIS by the Morrison government are a real concern to anyone living with a disability or caring for someone with a disability.

  • byPhil Hayes-Brown
Shorten calls on government to scrap proposed NDIS changes

Shorten calls on government to scrap proposed NDIS changes

Bill Shorten will say if Labor wins the next election it will return people with “lived disability experience” to the board and senior levels of the agency that runs the scheme and introduce greater accountability of how money is spent.

  • byRob Harris
Government pursued robo-debts even after it knew program was unlawful

Government pursued robo-debts even after it knew program was unlawful

A report from the Commonwealth Ombudsman has found about 50,000 more debts raised on false grounds through the robo-debt program than the government had confessed last year.

  • byNick Bonyhady
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‘One step forward and two steps back’:Carers,advocates slam leaked proposals for NDIS overhaul

‘One step forward and two steps back’:Carers,advocates slam leaked proposals for NDIS overhaul

NDIS Minister Stuart Robert said he found it “abhorrent” that an early draft of the possible changes was being used to “unleash unnecessary concern” on participants.

  • byRob Harris
Leaked laws reveal plan to kick Australians off the $22 billion NDIS
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Disability

Leaked laws reveal plan to kick Australians off the $22 billion NDIS

Australians with acquired brain injuries and fetal alcohol spectrum disorder could be kicked off the NDIS under secret changes the Morrison government is considering.

  • byRob Harris
Morrison to keep Porter and Reynolds in reshuffle as he battles storm

Morrison to keep Porter and Reynolds in reshuffle as he battles storm

Scott Morrison thanked former Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins as he also declared he would keep Christian Porter and Linda Reynolds in his cabinet.

  • byDavid Crowe
Using public money to buy votes distorts democracy
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Letters

Using public money to buy votes distorts democracy

The Berejiklian government,by shamelessly preferencing Coalition electorates with grants and funding,is no longer governing for all of us.

COVID-19 vaccine certificates to be available online within days of immunisation

COVID-19 vaccine certificates to be available online within days of immunisation

With vaccination certificates soon to become an important passport for accessing at-risk facilities and travel,Services Australia has upgraded its systems.

  • byRachel Clun