'They don't care about average Australians': Centrelink staffer
Staff inside Centrelink warned officials from the Department of Human Services that automated data matching would lead to incorrect debts being issue, an insider says.
Tom McIlroy is a political reporter for Fairfax Media in the federal press gallery at Parliament House.
Staff inside Centrelink warned officials from the Department of Human Services that automated data matching would lead to incorrect debts being issue, an insider says.
The Commonwealth Ombudsman has produced two scathing reports on practices by Australian immigration authorities.
The Commonwealth Ombudsman has launched a wide-ranging investigation into Centrelink's automated debt-recovery processes.
A $2 million federal grant to a trades training school associated with former Family First senator Bob Day is under investigation by the Commonwealth Auditor-General.
President-elect Donald Trump is coming under renewed pressure from Republicans in Washington to scuttle a refugee deal agreed between Barack Obama and Malcolm Turnbull last year.
Labor has called on Health Minister Sussan Ley to explain why she purchased an investment property on the Gold Coast during a taxpayer-funded trip classified as official business.
Amid growing controversy about Centrelink's new automated debt recovery methods, the agency is using Twitter to refer welfare recipients to a crisis support hotline.
Australia's defence cooperation with Indonesia spans some of the most controversial issues in domestic and international politics today.
As many as 190,000 Australians have received letters from Centrelink questioning their eligibility for some government benefits, as a new automated system matches income and employment data from across government agencies.
Barnaby Joyce has a blunt view on whether former prime minister Tony Abbott is being helpful in speaking out on a range of issues over summer.
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