Government MPs have fired a warning shot over the cashless debit card for welfare recipients in an apparent bid to ensure it isn't brought to their communities.
Human rights commissioner Edward Santow has sounded the alarm about the growing use of automated decisions by government agencies.
Labor will campaign for a royal commission into the government's controversial robo-debt scheme,which unlawfully recovered tens of millions of dollars from welfare recipients including students and pensioners.
Scott Morrison has apologised for his government's robo-debt scheme,saying he deeply regrets any hardship caused by the program.
Robodebt was base politics,flawed policy and bad government.
The Coalition is committed to a drug-test trial for welfare recipients,but is not sure it can win Senate support for the laws this year.
The controversial cashless welfare card could be rolled out nationally,with the big banks and major supermarkets working with the government on expanding it.
The federal government is facing a hefty bill as it re-examines decisions made under its controversial robo-debt scheme.
The federal government has admitted its crackdown on welfare payments is largely illegal.
More than 4000 people have joined a class action against the bungled robo-debt scheme,as the federal government retreats from its controversial debt-recovery regime.
Data matching should be used to identify Australians at risk of poverty and then provide services to help them,a new report says.