I spent 8 months waiting for an FOI from the NDIA on how they're using AI.
This is what I found.
Machine learning is used in developing draft plans for participants.
Robodebt concerns loom large over the Copilot trial, but staff reported favourably on it.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
This is what I found.
Machine learning is used in developing draft plans for participants.
Robodebt concerns loom large over the Copilot trial, but staff reported favourably on it.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Government using machine learning to help create draft plans for NDIS participants, documents reveal
Exclusive: NDIA defines machine learning as a subset of AI that uses algorithms to learn from data and make decisions or predictions
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:12 PM
I spent 8 months waiting for an FOI from the NDIA on how they're using AI.
This is what I found.
Machine learning is used in developing draft plans for participants.
Robodebt concerns loom large over the Copilot trial, but staff reported favourably on it.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
This is what I found.
Machine learning is used in developing draft plans for participants.
Robodebt concerns loom large over the Copilot trial, but staff reported favourably on it.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Duopoly politicians delivering government services to Australians that are either outright criminal on an industrial scale as in Centrelink's Robodebt, or punitive in their delivery and lack a duty of care
Outsourcing any government function is a betrayal of citizens and a function of ideology
Outsourcing any government function is a betrayal of citizens and a function of ideology
November 9, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Duopoly politicians delivering government services to Australians that are either outright criminal on an industrial scale as in Centrelink's Robodebt, or punitive in their delivery and lack a duty of care
Outsourcing any government function is a betrayal of citizens and a function of ideology
Outsourcing any government function is a betrayal of citizens and a function of ideology
The government may explore using AI to write sensitive cabinet submissions, despite concerns about data breaches
Public servants have raised alarm at the poor quality in AI content, effects on jobs, and fears about automated decision-making after Robodebt
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Public servants have raised alarm at the poor quality in AI content, effects on jobs, and fears about automated decision-making after Robodebt
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Australian government could explore using AI for cabinet submissions despite security concerns
Finance minister Katy Gallagher says the public service is building its own artificial intelligence program and spruiks productivity benefits
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:01 AM
The government may explore using AI to write sensitive cabinet submissions, despite concerns about data breaches
Public servants have raised alarm at the poor quality in AI content, effects on jobs, and fears about automated decision-making after Robodebt
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Public servants have raised alarm at the poor quality in AI content, effects on jobs, and fears about automated decision-making after Robodebt
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
We had a govt dept full of experts who gave us Robodebt. Those types of elite experts + AI does not fill with confidence.
November 12, 2025 at 6:08 AM
We had a govt dept full of experts who gave us Robodebt. Those types of elite experts + AI does not fill with confidence.
People aren’t tick boxes, “machine-learning and data-driven approaches often fail “in dealing with complexity and nuance”.
This is dangerous, and will have a detrimental effect on peoples quality of life.
FAILED again @australianlabor.bsky.social
We need Change.
#NDIS #Auspol #Robodebt
This is dangerous, and will have a detrimental effect on peoples quality of life.
FAILED again @australianlabor.bsky.social
We need Change.
#NDIS #Auspol #Robodebt
Government using machine learning to help create draft plans for NDIS participants, documents reveal
Exclusive: NDIA defines machine learning as a subset of AI that uses algorithms to learn from data and make decisions or predictions
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:16 PM
People aren’t tick boxes, “machine-learning and data-driven approaches often fail “in dealing with complexity and nuance”.
This is dangerous, and will have a detrimental effect on peoples quality of life.
FAILED again @australianlabor.bsky.social
We need Change.
#NDIS #Auspol #Robodebt
This is dangerous, and will have a detrimental effect on peoples quality of life.
FAILED again @australianlabor.bsky.social
We need Change.
#NDIS #Auspol #Robodebt
So literally the same as #robodebt. Why did we even bother with the Royal Commission when Labor are just going to do the same shit?
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
‘Set up to fail’: ATO outsourcing to private call centres focused on boosting profit not helping Australians
Consumer advocates raise significant concerns as union says contractors use lower-paid staff to boost profit
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:47 AM
So literally the same as #robodebt. Why did we even bother with the Royal Commission when Labor are just going to do the same shit?
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
I’ll keep reminding the voters about ScuMo, Abbott, GestaPotatoHead Dutton, Robodebt, etc
I’ll keep the chunts alive the same way I keep the Epstein Files alive
Need to remind the voting public about just how AWFUL the LNP are when they’re in government
Anyway, the people already know…….
I’ll keep the chunts alive the same way I keep the Epstein Files alive
Need to remind the voting public about just how AWFUL the LNP are when they’re in government
Anyway, the people already know…….
November 12, 2025 at 8:36 AM
I’ll keep reminding the voters about ScuMo, Abbott, GestaPotatoHead Dutton, Robodebt, etc
I’ll keep the chunts alive the same way I keep the Epstein Files alive
Need to remind the voting public about just how AWFUL the LNP are when they’re in government
Anyway, the people already know…….
I’ll keep the chunts alive the same way I keep the Epstein Files alive
Need to remind the voting public about just how AWFUL the LNP are when they’re in government
Anyway, the people already know…….
![The Robodebt scheme was an unlawful[1][2] method of automated debt assessment and recovery implemented in Australia under the Liberal-National Coalition governments of Tony Abbott, Malcolm Turnbull, and Scott Morrison, and employed by the Australian government agency Services Australia as part of its Centrelink payment compliance program.[3][4][5] Put in place in July 2016 and announced to the public in December of the same year,[6][7] the scheme aimed to replace the formerly manual system of calculating overpayments and issuing debt notices to welfare recipients with an automated data-matching system that compared Centrelink records with averaged income data from the Australian Taxation Office.[5][6]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:rtupbv3srpd4dkxagkovpab7/bafkreic7hvetcy2cexqsl35zcoqwuqxtq547xcvyz2pwgafusbto6m33t4@jpeg)
November 10, 2025 at 7:43 PM
bit rusty on the "principles & values Jesus lived by" but astounded tt they now include:
☠️ militarily & politically supporting genocide, scholasticide & ecocide
☠️ cruel, pointless, indefinite detention of asylum seekers
☠️ punitive immiseration & perpetuation of Robodebt on people on income support
☠️ militarily & politically supporting genocide, scholasticide & ecocide
☠️ cruel, pointless, indefinite detention of asylum seekers
☠️ punitive immiseration & perpetuation of Robodebt on people on income support
At the Christian prayer breakfast this week, Attorney-General Michelle Rowland said that the “principles and values that Jesus lived by underpin the role of Australia’s first law officer” and claimed that “our values and faith” guide lawmakers. Read more: rationalist.com.au/australias-a...
#auspol
#auspol
November 6, 2025 at 6:24 AM
bit rusty on the "principles & values Jesus lived by" but astounded tt they now include:
☠️ militarily & politically supporting genocide, scholasticide & ecocide
☠️ cruel, pointless, indefinite detention of asylum seekers
☠️ punitive immiseration & perpetuation of Robodebt on people on income support
☠️ militarily & politically supporting genocide, scholasticide & ecocide
☠️ cruel, pointless, indefinite detention of asylum seekers
☠️ punitive immiseration & perpetuation of Robodebt on people on income support
The litmus test for the NACC’s effectiveness above anything anyone says in its defense is the NACC’s failure to investigate the Robodebt Six presented to it on a plate by the RC Catherine Holmes. The NACC Head Brereton refused to investigate the six and used foul methods to ensure it never happened.
November 9, 2025 at 11:28 PM
The litmus test for the NACC’s effectiveness above anything anyone says in its defense is the NACC’s failure to investigate the Robodebt Six presented to it on a plate by the RC Catherine Holmes. The NACC Head Brereton refused to investigate the six and used foul methods to ensure it never happened.
Also, if you renege on doing that major thing … (cough) Robodebt (cough) Climate (cough) gambling reform (lengthy coughing fit)
November 6, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Also, if you renege on doing that major thing … (cough) Robodebt (cough) Climate (cough) gambling reform (lengthy coughing fit)
It’s kinda funny that trump has to destroy the constitution to achieve the same ends the duopoly in Australia are achieving without breaking a single law*.
*except the illegal Robodebt for which there were no repercussions.
*except the illegal Robodebt for which there were no repercussions.
November 7, 2025 at 7:18 AM
It’s kinda funny that trump has to destroy the constitution to achieve the same ends the duopoly in Australia are achieving without breaking a single law*.
*except the illegal Robodebt for which there were no repercussions.
*except the illegal Robodebt for which there were no repercussions.
Robodebt was a mass deception based on a cruel bet: that people on income support would simply give up and pay debts they didn't owe.
Today I tabled a petition from Kath Madgwick and Jenny Miller calling for those responsible to finally be held accountable.
Today I tabled a petition from Kath Madgwick and Jenny Miller calling for those responsible to finally be held accountable.
November 5, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Robodebt was a mass deception based on a cruel bet: that people on income support would simply give up and pay debts they didn't owe.
Today I tabled a petition from Kath Madgwick and Jenny Miller calling for those responsible to finally be held accountable.
Today I tabled a petition from Kath Madgwick and Jenny Miller calling for those responsible to finally be held accountable.
That's incredible. Watching People Vs Robodebt I was in awe of some of the people who clearly knew their stuff and were obviously people who cared. I agree, that this is a place where people applying and dealing with these things are at their most vulnerable.
November 11, 2025 at 2:36 AM
That's incredible. Watching People Vs Robodebt I was in awe of some of the people who clearly knew their stuff and were obviously people who cared. I agree, that this is a place where people applying and dealing with these things are at their most vulnerable.
Australia's RoboDebt all over again, throws the duty to prove Innocence on the disadvantaged while government has all the data and resources.
November 11, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Australia's RoboDebt all over again, throws the duty to prove Innocence on the disadvantaged while government has all the data and resources.
It smacks of Robodebt. Guilty until proven innocent. Stopping welfare based on alleged crimes.
Canberra has learnt nothing from the findings of the Robodebt RC where it was found actual fraud and dishonesty as compared to the perception stirred up by conservative welfare bashers was very very low.
Canberra has learnt nothing from the findings of the Robodebt RC where it was found actual fraud and dishonesty as compared to the perception stirred up by conservative welfare bashers was very very low.
November 10, 2025 at 4:24 AM
It smacks of Robodebt. Guilty until proven innocent. Stopping welfare based on alleged crimes.
Canberra has learnt nothing from the findings of the Robodebt RC where it was found actual fraud and dishonesty as compared to the perception stirred up by conservative welfare bashers was very very low.
Canberra has learnt nothing from the findings of the Robodebt RC where it was found actual fraud and dishonesty as compared to the perception stirred up by conservative welfare bashers was very very low.
Early release for Substack subscribers – the New Politics podcast – War on Dissent, Robodebt 2.0, Victoria Treaty and Mamdani’s win in NYC – preview or subscribe and listen to full episode now! @dlew919.bsky.social #AUSPOL open.substack.com/pub/newpolit...
The War on Dissent and Socialism USA
The arms expo in Sydney funded by the NSW government; the return of Robodebt; Australia’s first Treaty in Victoria – can it survive the politics of fear? And Zohran Mamdani’s election win in New York.
open.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Early release for Substack subscribers – the New Politics podcast – War on Dissent, Robodebt 2.0, Victoria Treaty and Mamdani’s win in NYC – preview or subscribe and listen to full episode now! @dlew919.bsky.social #AUSPOL open.substack.com/pub/newpolit...
In the senate, @pennyallmanpayne.com now speaking on Robodebt, with @kathmadgwick.bsky.social and @chexabonus.bsky.social in parliament today.
Senator Allman-Payne is pointing out the government's failure to take the royal commission seriously, including through "mutual" obligations penalties.
Senator Allman-Payne is pointing out the government's failure to take the royal commission seriously, including through "mutual" obligations penalties.
Senate | 05/11/2025
YouTube video by Australian Parliament House Streaming Portal
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November 5, 2025 at 2:28 AM
In the senate, @pennyallmanpayne.com now speaking on Robodebt, with @kathmadgwick.bsky.social and @chexabonus.bsky.social in parliament today.
Senator Allman-Payne is pointing out the government's failure to take the royal commission seriously, including through "mutual" obligations penalties.
Senator Allman-Payne is pointing out the government's failure to take the royal commission seriously, including through "mutual" obligations penalties.
The mothers of Rhys Cauzzo and Jarrad Madgwick, who each took their own lives after receiving an illegal and inaccurate Robodebt notice, are in Canberra today to again call for accountability for Robodebt
live.thepoint.com.au/2025/11/the-...
live.thepoint.com.au/2025/11/the-...
November 4, 2025 at 11:18 PM
The mothers of Rhys Cauzzo and Jarrad Madgwick, who each took their own lives after receiving an illegal and inaccurate Robodebt notice, are in Canberra today to again call for accountability for Robodebt
live.thepoint.com.au/2025/11/the-...
live.thepoint.com.au/2025/11/the-...
Regardless of which colour tie you wear, if you're in #auspol and you think #Robodebt is going to fade away, or that Murdoch will protect you from the legal & polling outcome for operating a scam system of social security bastardry, there's something you need to know -
You're fucking wrong
You're fucking wrong
November 5, 2025 at 7:39 AM
"Lib Dem peer Tim Clement–Jones has asked the government in a written parliamentary question to explain why it had “not published the business case and data protection impact assessments”. Malevolent idiocy affecting 23,500 families, 100,000 people #Robodebt
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
HMRC trial of child benefit crackdown wrongly suspected fraud in 46% of cases
Exclusive: Almost half of families flagged as emigrants based on Home Office travel data were still living in UK
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:15 PM
"Lib Dem peer Tim Clement–Jones has asked the government in a written parliamentary question to explain why it had “not published the business case and data protection impact assessments”. Malevolent idiocy affecting 23,500 families, 100,000 people #Robodebt
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Random government MP now invoking robodebt, saying this bill that strips due process from welfare recipients and retrospectively legalises unlawful debts rebuilds trust. How fucking dare they. @kathmadgwick.bsky.social @chexabonus.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Random government MP now invoking robodebt, saying this bill that strips due process from welfare recipients and retrospectively legalises unlawful debts rebuilds trust. How fucking dare they. @kathmadgwick.bsky.social @chexabonus.bsky.social
If he had any decency he would step down not allowed to make mockery
If govt had any backbone they would kick him out
The public No 1 absolute expectation was NACC would do its job, not knobbled by a career ego.
Robodebt will never be put to bed until public see those accountable held to account
If govt had any backbone they would kick him out
The public No 1 absolute expectation was NACC would do its job, not knobbled by a career ego.
Robodebt will never be put to bed until public see those accountable held to account
November 7, 2025 at 5:51 AM
If he had any decency he would step down not allowed to make mockery
If govt had any backbone they would kick him out
The public No 1 absolute expectation was NACC would do its job, not knobbled by a career ego.
Robodebt will never be put to bed until public see those accountable held to account
If govt had any backbone they would kick him out
The public No 1 absolute expectation was NACC would do its job, not knobbled by a career ego.
Robodebt will never be put to bed until public see those accountable held to account
Given Labor's track record on seeking to reduce transparency, I don't think they'll be seeking to seek justice for Robodebt.
They just want to continue pretending to take action hoping this will pull the will over the electorate's eyes.
They just want to continue pretending to take action hoping this will pull the will over the electorate's eyes.
November 7, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Given Labor's track record on seeking to reduce transparency, I don't think they'll be seeking to seek justice for Robodebt.
They just want to continue pretending to take action hoping this will pull the will over the electorate's eyes.
They just want to continue pretending to take action hoping this will pull the will over the electorate's eyes.