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Quelle surpise that the response to a dodgy automated surveilance system, is another dodgy automated surveillance system. Kafka would be impressed.
My fave* part of this whole saga is that even after YEARS of being on notice to stop lying and sort their shit out, the Department tells the Ombudsman they have an app for that. And when the Ombudsman asks to see the app they say 'actually, no we don't'. www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politic...
![Screenshot from the article. The text reads:
Illustrative of the government's approach to the system is an app the DEWR claims it built to provide "alerts on known risk areas".
, including providers booking dodgy
appointments that can penalise jobseekers.
When the ombudsman asked to see it, the department had to admit the app does not yet exist.
"Later in the investigation when we sought further information on this data App, DEWR changed its previous advice, stating that the risk monitoring data App for monitoring TCF [Targeted Compliance Framework]-related data was in fact not complete and was expected to be gathering data by late 2025," the ombudsman wrote.
The ombudsman revealed a catalogue of other examples where the department or Services Australia, which administers the welfare cancellations and occasionally checks the work of providers issuing suspensions, made misleading claims to his office, to him, to jobseekers and to the public.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:y5jtxfxnv4exgujkdbmy43jp/bafkreiakutdnw67stuml4xooynfe6gms377a4rai6begtvzhqv3uxszyvy@jpeg)
December 13, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Quelle surpise that the response to a dodgy automated surveilance system, is another dodgy automated surveillance system. Kafka would be impressed.
In the week of the Robodebt doco, why wont the government publish the figures - if there was transparency we would not be left doing our own math www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
More than 300,000 Australians had Centrelink payments cancelled illegally, new analysis shows
Peak body for community legal centres finds number of payments suspended due to IT glitch higher than department initially identified
www.theguardian.com
September 26, 2025 at 12:40 AM
In the week of the Robodebt doco, why wont the government publish the figures - if there was transparency we would not be left doing our own math www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
New post
@simonecasey
explains why not shutting down the TCF, including payment suspensions, is a form of administrative evil because providers interests have been prioritised over the rights of people routinely subject to abusive provider practices. www.powertopersuade.org.au/blog/profit-...
@simonecasey
explains why not shutting down the TCF, including payment suspensions, is a form of administrative evil because providers interests have been prioritised over the rights of people routinely subject to abusive provider practices. www.powertopersuade.org.au/blog/profit-...
Profit over people: administrative evil and the TCF — Power to Persuade
Over the last 2 weeks, significant reports into the integrity of the TCF have been published, revealing serious flaws in its design that confirm the worst fears identified in digital social policy lit...
www.powertopersuade.org.au
August 18, 2025 at 3:53 AM
New post
@simonecasey
explains why not shutting down the TCF, including payment suspensions, is a form of administrative evil because providers interests have been prioritised over the rights of people routinely subject to abusive provider practices. www.powertopersuade.org.au/blog/profit-...
@simonecasey
explains why not shutting down the TCF, including payment suspensions, is a form of administrative evil because providers interests have been prioritised over the rights of people routinely subject to abusive provider practices. www.powertopersuade.org.au/blog/profit-...
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politic... For too long now the interests of private providers have been prioritised over the rights of the people they harm. Stop payment suspensions now! #stoppaymentsuspensions
Exclusive: Government warned over ‘legal basis’ of welfare system
Despite being warned in 2018 that jobseekers were being exposed to unfair and excessive decisions, the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations ‘chose to continue with the status quo’.
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au
August 15, 2025 at 10:56 PM
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politic... For too long now the interests of private providers have been prioritised over the rights of the people they harm. Stop payment suspensions now! #stoppaymentsuspensions
and here's another one for ppl who've been trying to figure out what's been going on with the TCF:
Power to Persuade on X: "This blog draws attention to the ideological battle was evident in last week's Senate Estimates debates about errors in the so called "Targeted Compliance Framework" and the government's response to them: https://t.co/oAupe5Y5EH" / X
This blog draws attention to the ideological battle was evident in last week's Senate Estimates debates about errors in the so called "Targeted Compliance Framework" and the government's response to them: https://t.co/oAupe5Y5EH
x.com
March 2, 2025 at 10:41 PM
and here's another one for ppl who've been trying to figure out what's been going on with the TCF:
New post from @simonecasey.bsky.app
on digital employment service about automated compliance and how it raises concerns about power dynamics, transparency, and fairness as digital technologies become central to enforcing conditional welfare policies:
www.powertopersuade.org.au/blog/robo-co...
on digital employment service about automated compliance and how it raises concerns about power dynamics, transparency, and fairness as digital technologies become central to enforcing conditional welfare policies:
www.powertopersuade.org.au/blog/robo-co...
Robo-compliance in employment services — Power to Persuade
This post is a summary of an article that will be appearing in the Australian Journal of Social Issues, later in the year. It builds on earlier analysis from @simonecasey about the ways that digitisat...
www.powertopersuade.org.au
February 25, 2025 at 1:35 AM
New post from @simonecasey.bsky.app
on digital employment service about automated compliance and how it raises concerns about power dynamics, transparency, and fairness as digital technologies become central to enforcing conditional welfare policies:
www.powertopersuade.org.au/blog/robo-co...
on digital employment service about automated compliance and how it raises concerns about power dynamics, transparency, and fairness as digital technologies become central to enforcing conditional welfare policies:
www.powertopersuade.org.au/blog/robo-co...
Heart broken for every single person this happened to - after years of asking DEWR to check on the welfare of ppl they were cancelling, turns out these checks could have happened 💔
You'll simply never guess who's done something completely horrific to welfare recipients.
More than 1000 people wrongly had their Centrelink payment cancelled because the employment department and services australia didn't bother to follow the laws they helped write.
More than 1000 people wrongly had their Centrelink payment cancelled because the employment department and services australia didn't bother to follow the laws they helped write.
Today we have more evidence that when it comes to welfare recipients, the people who control our lives simply don't feel it's important to follow the law.
BUT: We learned something extremely important – THEY MUST NOT CUT YOU OFF if you have no money.
Thanks @squigglyrick.bsky.social for reporting.
BUT: We learned something extremely important – THEY MUST NOT CUT YOU OFF if you have no money.
Thanks @squigglyrick.bsky.social for reporting.
November 30, 2024 at 3:17 AM
Heart broken for every single person this happened to - after years of asking DEWR to check on the welfare of ppl they were cancelling, turns out these checks could have happened 💔
Hurrah, my first post in the new place. The inimitable @squigglyrick.bsky.social takes a close look at the way that punitive rules have been applied incorrectly, if not unlawfully, in automated and other processes in employment services: www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/law-cri... #adm-s #adm #SSL
Exclusive: Welfare payments cancelled unlawfully
An error in the interpretation of welfare legislation has led to the unlawful cancellation of payments, as the department fails to manage its own compliance system.
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au
November 29, 2024 at 11:15 PM
Hurrah, my first post in the new place. The inimitable @squigglyrick.bsky.social takes a close look at the way that punitive rules have been applied incorrectly, if not unlawfully, in automated and other processes in employment services: www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/law-cri... #adm-s #adm #SSL
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