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| UpdatedThere are growing calls for the New South Wales Government to fix derelict and run-down public housing properties, as the state's waiting list passes 60,000 people.
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| UpdatedDeputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce is caught seemingly unaware of the furore over his Government's release of private information, in what the Opposition is describing as "a total disaster" of a media interview.
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| UpdatedThe Senate clerk recognises concerns the DHS's release of personal information to a journalist could have a "chilling" impact on sources in the Centrelink investigation.
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| UpdatedThe Tasmanian Opposition says the Human Services Minister "lied to the public" after she was forced to correct the record about her knowledge of a Right to Information request.
Topics: state-parliament, welfare, government-and-politics, hobart-7000, launceston-7250
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It's been making headlines since summer, but how does Centrelink's controversial debt recovery system actually work?
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| UpdatedThe agency set up to improve online government services never worked on Centrelink's automated debt recovery system.
Topics: welfare, community-and-society, government-and-politics, political-parties, social-policy, australia
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| UpdatedA gritty pub in Melbourne's west knocks back a string of lucrative development offers in order to stay true to its old-school roots and protect its tenants, who might otherwise have nowhere else to go.
Topics: welfare, urban-development-and-planning, human-interest, footscray-3011, melbourne-3000, vic
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| UpdatedLabor MP Linda Burney asks the Australian Federal Police to determine whether Human Services Minister Alan Tudge broke the law by disclosing a welfare recipient's personal information to a journalist.
Topics: welfare, community-and-society, police, law-crime-and-justice, government-and-politics, australia
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| UpdatedThe Department of Human Services was within its rights to release the personal details of a blogger who criticised Centrelink's debt recovery scheme, the department secretary tells Senate Estimates.
Topics: welfare, community-and-society, federal-government, government-and-politics, australia
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| UpdatedCentrelink's decision to release a welfare recipient's personal information to a journalist is unprecedented and will have a chilling impact on public criticism, lawyers say.
Topics: welfare, law-crime-and-justice, federal-government, government-and-politics, community-and-society, australia
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| UpdatedThe Government's privacy watchdog wants answers from bureaucrats who provided a Centrelink client's personal details to a journalist in a bid to counter her public criticisms.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, information-and-communication, welfare, community-and-society, australia
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| UpdatedThose who publicly criticise Centrelink's automated debt recovery program could have their personal information released to correct the record, the Department of Human Services says.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, information-and-communication, welfare, community-and-society, australia
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| UpdatedTax breaks for property investors should be slashed and the Medicare levy lifted to pump more funding into welfare spending, according to the Australian Council of Social Service.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, industry, tax, government-and-politics, social-policy, welfare, australia
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| UpdatedAttorney-General George Brandis draws laughter from the Q&A audience as he suggests victims of the Government's error-plagued automated debt recovery system can simply contact Centrelink to have their case resolved.
Topics: welfare, refugees, human, immigration, government-and-politics, australia
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| UpdatedThe Nick Xenophon Team says it will not support the Federal Government's package of changes to child care and welfare benefits, meaning the Coalition will have to negotiate with the Greens.
Topics: welfare, community-and-society, government-and-politics, political-parties, law-crime-and-justice, laws, australia
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The Q&A panel disagrees on the government's proposed cuts to early childhood education.
Topics: access-to-education, government-and-politics, federal-government, welfare, community-and-society, education, preschool, australia
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| UpdatedProposed strikes in relation to working conditions at Centrelink are off after the Government lodges an official complaint with the Fair Work Commission.
Topics: welfare, federal-government, australia