Councillors behaving badly put on notice

The NSW Government has released a draft of an updated Model Code of Conduct for councillors and council staff in the state. It has been released for consultation, with submissions closing on 4 December. In a press release titled ‘Crackdown on badly behaved councillors’, Local Government Minister Gabrielle Upton said most councillors do the right […]

23 October, 2017

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

Users double over two years.

23 May, 2017

Digital Transformation Minister talks data, avoids Centrelink robo debt

Says DTA’s powers at their height.

5 May, 2017

Centrelink Robodebt: Human Services off the hook?

But Commonwealth Ombudsman’s report cites poor service delivery.

10 April, 2017

Human Services’ ‘open-ended’ strikes begin today

It won’t change our stance, says Jongen.

17 March, 2017

Health brainstorms new IT system for Medicare and aged care payments

Digital Payments Platform.

9 March, 2017

DHS spied on staff emails and social media over Centrelink robo-debt, says union

Senate inquiry into Robo-debt.

9 March, 2017

Labor calls the cops on Tudge over Centrelink privacy stoush

Minister says blogger lied.

2 March, 2017

Human Services fraud and compliance blitz draws fire from Audit Office

DHS fights back.

1 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

Social media campaign reveals misery of Centrelink debt recovery

Ombudsman to investigate.

10 January, 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

Dismantling Human Services’ legacy system

What could possibly go wrong?

19 December, 2016