![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
Australia tried the AI crap with its Social Services and it ended in tragedy for many.
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March 3, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Australia tried the AI crap with its Social Services and it ended in tragedy for many.
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The last time Dutton & the LNP were in power they unlawfully used the public service on Aussies. Citizens were killed via #Robodebt. Wake up AU #SayNoDuttonsGotToGo #auspol 🇦🇺 ⚖️ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robodeb...
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March 4, 2025 at 1:07 AM
The last time Dutton & the LNP were in power they unlawfully used the public service on Aussies. Citizens were killed via #Robodebt. Wake up AU #SayNoDuttonsGotToGo #auspol 🇦🇺 ⚖️ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robodeb...
Also, the Robodebt scandal from Australia a few years ago is a great example. It miscalculated the amount of debt people owed in taxes and resulted in extreme stress on people it targeted, driving some to suicide. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robodeb...
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February 6, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Also, the Robodebt scandal from Australia a few years ago is a great example. It miscalculated the amount of debt people owed in taxes and resulted in extreme stress on people it targeted, driving some to suicide. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robodeb...
Nothing is ever truly new is it? Muskrat using AI to manage government departments smells a lot like Robodebt. That was a clusterf*ck. Taking the human components out of a process never will be the right answer. #dumbtrump #dumptrump
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February 17, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Nothing is ever truly new is it? Muskrat using AI to manage government departments smells a lot like Robodebt. That was a clusterf*ck. Taking the human components out of a process never will be the right answer. #dumbtrump #dumptrump
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Anyone who thinks they can save money by preventing humans from validating the numbers needs to study the history of Robodebt.
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November 11, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Anyone who thinks they can save money by preventing humans from validating the numbers needs to study the history of Robodebt.
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The right wing copies and uses stuff from other right wing countries, that's why you see Bannon and Musk, et al. going overseas to meet with these groups.
What Musk is doing is similar to what the right did in Australia (Robodebt), it caused over 1,200 suicides.
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What Musk is doing is similar to what the right did in Australia (Robodebt), it caused over 1,200 suicides.
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March 21, 2025 at 1:35 AM
The right wing copies and uses stuff from other right wing countries, that's why you see Bannon and Musk, et al. going overseas to meet with these groups.
What Musk is doing is similar to what the right did in Australia (Robodebt), it caused over 1,200 suicides.
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What Musk is doing is similar to what the right did in Australia (Robodebt), it caused over 1,200 suicides.
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Revelations that debt notices were issued to 663 vulnerable people (people with complex needs like mental illness and abuse victims) who died soon after.
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January 31, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Revelations that debt notices were issued to 663 vulnerable people (people with complex needs like mental illness and abuse victims) who died soon after.
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Had not heard of this before. Holy shit. It sounds like DOGE's wet dream.
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September 28, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Had not heard of this before. Holy shit. It sounds like DOGE's wet dream.
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What Musk is doing to America is just ROBODEBT on a grander scale. Using just a computer to determine on life's outcomes is a horrendous thing to do. Australia did it for four years and over 1,200 died because of it
You need people to run organizations, not computers
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You need people to run organizations, not computers
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March 21, 2025 at 1:41 AM
What Musk is doing to America is just ROBODEBT on a grander scale. Using just a computer to determine on life's outcomes is a horrendous thing to do. Australia did it for four years and over 1,200 died because of it
You need people to run organizations, not computers
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You need people to run organizations, not computers
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A class action lawsuit in 2020 resulted in a $1.8 billion settlement finding against the government. Read more here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robodeb...
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April 4, 2025 at 3:30 AM
A class action lawsuit in 2020 resulted in a $1.8 billion settlement finding against the government. Read more here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robodeb...
Not really a study, but there was an entire royal commission into the Robodebt scheme in Australia.
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April 29, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Not really a study, but there was an entire royal commission into the Robodebt scheme in Australia.
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In Australia we saw this happen in 2016.
I was only charged $800 but they kept changing the figure I got a refund & $70 compensation. Others were charged thousands in unproven debts. People died & we are still waiting for accountability
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I was only charged $800 but they kept changing the figure I got a refund & $70 compensation. Others were charged thousands in unproven debts. People died & we are still waiting for accountability
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March 13, 2025 at 4:19 PM
In Australia we saw this happen in 2016.
I was only charged $800 but they kept changing the figure I got a refund & $70 compensation. Others were charged thousands in unproven debts. People died & we are still waiting for accountability
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I was only charged $800 but they kept changing the figure I got a refund & $70 compensation. Others were charged thousands in unproven debts. People died & we are still waiting for accountability
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Hope they're not following the example of he unlawful Robodebt scheme that ruined so many lives in Australia w aggressive pursuit of invalid debts. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robodeb...
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February 7, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Hope they're not following the example of he unlawful Robodebt scheme that ruined so many lives in Australia w aggressive pursuit of invalid debts. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robodeb...
Americans should look at Australia's robodebt scheme to see how badly this kind of thing will turn out.
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February 7, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Americans should look at Australia's robodebt scheme to see how badly this kind of thing will turn out.
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This is a much watch. Heartbreaking and infuriating in equal measure.
This should disqualify the Coalition from ever being allowed in government again.
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This should disqualify the Coalition from ever being allowed in government again.
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October 12, 2025 at 7:04 AM
This is a much watch. Heartbreaking and infuriating in equal measure.
This should disqualify the Coalition from ever being allowed in government again.
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This should disqualify the Coalition from ever being allowed in government again.
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This shit kills people. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robodeb...
September 10, 2024 at 3:13 PM
This shit kills people. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robodeb...
Probably not ‘AI’, but likely similar obfuscated and complex analytics caused the example below. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robodeb...
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November 24, 2024 at 9:30 PM
Probably not ‘AI’, but likely similar obfuscated and complex analytics caused the example below. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robodeb...
I think these tech guys are looking to replace people with software programs. They need to know about our Australian experience with this kind of cost cutting en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robodeb... although they might not care.
February 15, 2025 at 5:45 AM
I think these tech guys are looking to replace people with software programs. They need to know about our Australian experience with this kind of cost cutting en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robodeb... although they might not care.
We already had a version of this social security in Australia and it was a massive and cruel failure.
I hope people become aware that the AI will also be used to find “debts” and require payment.
A friend’s son sadly suicided over a fake AI debt
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I hope people become aware that the AI will also be used to find “debts” and require payment.
A friend’s son sadly suicided over a fake AI debt
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March 2, 2025 at 8:10 PM
We already had a version of this social security in Australia and it was a massive and cruel failure.
I hope people become aware that the AI will also be used to find “debts” and require payment.
A friend’s son sadly suicided over a fake AI debt
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robodeb...
I hope people become aware that the AI will also be used to find “debts” and require payment.
A friend’s son sadly suicided over a fake AI debt
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These layoffs and cutting of services in the United Shakes is so reminiscent of successive Liberal govs in Australia. All the way back to the 2000's.
A theatre of cruel absurdity that makes Marat Sade look kind.
#Auspol #Trump #Musk
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A theatre of cruel absurdity that makes Marat Sade look kind.
#Auspol #Trump #Musk
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March 13, 2025 at 4:26 PM
These layoffs and cutting of services in the United Shakes is so reminiscent of successive Liberal govs in Australia. All the way back to the 2000's.
A theatre of cruel absurdity that makes Marat Sade look kind.
#Auspol #Trump #Musk
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A theatre of cruel absurdity that makes Marat Sade look kind.
#Auspol #Trump #Musk
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