Welfare recipients say Centrelink robo-debt system left them stressed and afraid
28 March 2017
Guardian
Centrelink ‘have the power of destroying your life’, says one recipient in submission to Senate inquiry on automated debt recovery system.
Siewert
How To Get Alan Tudge To Notice You Without Even Really Trying (Criticize Centrelink, He’ll Pull Your File)
3 March 2017
New Matilda
Estimates can often be boring, as senators plough their way through the progress of this or that infrastructure program or service delivery roll-out. But every so often, it produces gripping scenes.
That was the case yesterday in the Senate’s Community Affairs committee, where the Secretary of the Department of Human Services, Kathryn Campbell, was called upon to give evidence.
How To Get Alan Tudge To Notice You Without Even Really Trying (Criticize Centrelink, He’ll Pull Your File)
3 March 2017
New Matilda
Estimates can often be boring, as senators plough their way through the progress of this or that infrastructure program or service delivery roll-out. But every so often, it produces gripping scenes.
That was the case yesterday in the Senate’s Community Affairs committee, where the Secretary of the Department of Human Services, Kathryn Campbell, was called upon to give evidence.
Labor calls the cops on Tudge over Centrelink privacy stoush
3 March 2017
Government News
Shadow Human Services Minister Linda Burney has asked the Australian Federal Police to investigate Human Services Minister Alan Tudge over the leaking of a Centrelink client’s personal information to journalists, alleging he broke social security laws.
Centrelink admits trawling social media for complaints
2 March 2017
ZD Net
Senior bureaucrats responsible for Centrelink told Senate Estimates on Thursday that staff at the department sift through print, broadcast, and social media for individual complaints, and decide whether to report grievances to Tudge's office based on the circumstances of each case.
Centrelink trawls social media complaints
2 March 2017
news.com.au
Centrelink staff trawl social media for complaints about the welfare agency, and may escalate serious gripes to the responsible minister.
28 Million Calls To Centrelink Got A Busy Signal This Year
2 March 2017
Huffington Post
Centrelink is also trawling social media looking for your complaints.
Centrelink’s debt recovery critics could have personal data leaked to ‘correct the record’
28 February 2017
The New Daily
Those who publicly criticise Centrelink’s automated debt recovery program could have their personal information released to correct the record, the Department of Human Services (DHS) has warned.
People who criticise Centrelink's debt recovery could have personal information released to 'correct the record'
28 February 2017
ABC News
Those who publicly criticise Centrelink's automated debt recovery program could have their personal information released to correct the record, the Department of Human Services (DHS) has warned.
Release of Centrelink recipient's data legally 'debatable', say welfare advocates
28 February 2017
The Guardian
Privacy commissioner asks Department of Human Services to explain why Andie Fox’s details were publicly released
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