Legality of Robodebt not my problem, former minister tells commission

Alan Tudge has told the Robodebt Royal Commission it wasn’t in his mind to enquire about the legality of the automated debt recovery scheme.

1 February, 2023

Tudge, Porter set to appear before Robodebt Royal Commission

Former federal ministers Alan Tudge and Christian Porter are set to appear before the Robodebt Royal Commission which resumes on Monday.

17 January, 2023

Councils get $4m for regional road upgrades

NSW councils will get $382 million to help repair, maintain and seal regional roads.

29 June, 2020

Plans to outsource visa processing dumped

The federal government has dumped plans to outsource its visa processing system.

22 March, 2020

Call to recognise Gateway Cities

Newcastle, Wollongong and Geelong say it’s time to recognise their role as ‘Gateway Cities’.

1 December, 2019

Megacities the new ‘global economic engines’

Boosting Australia’s population to 60 million could turn the nation into an economic powerhouse, a forum has heard.

23 April, 2019

MyGov verdict: functional (just)

‘Little annoyances’ remain for users.

25 May, 2017

MyGov: “we listened and we got it” says minister after digital makeover

Users double over two years.

23 May, 2017

New APS privacy code on the back of Centrelink robo debt

Penalties of up to $1.8m for serious breaches.

18 May, 2017

Labor calls the cops on Tudge over Centrelink privacy stoush

Minister says blogger lied.

2 March, 2017

Centrelink robo-debt nightmare scrutinised by the Senate: Here’s what they’ll look at

Full terms of reference revealed.

9 February, 2017

Don’t punish Centrelink whistleblowers: official channels failed, says expert

Six-day Human Services strike.

6 February, 2017

More victims of Centrelink’s botched benefit fraud crackdown step forward

One in five letters wrong.

6 January, 2017

Best of 2016: This app is STILL crap: Centrelink and Medicare clients

One year on: “The most useless app ever”.

20 December, 2016