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A Generational Miscalculation
Unpicking Centrelink’s Unlawful Income Apportionment
Mar 22
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Darren O'Donovan
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February 2024
Backlogged in bureaucracy
How do a million Centrelink claims go unprocessed?
Feb 14
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Darren O'Donovan
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September 2023
Barriers to Implementing the Robodebt Royal Commission: The Audit Office Report on Welfare Timeliness and Accuracy
The Australian National Audit Office report into payment accuracy and timeliness in the welfare system was released last week. It sharply criticises the…
Sep 3, 2023
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Darren O'Donovan
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August 2023
Making things right? Ombudsman's statement highlights welfare department's recalcitrance
A new Ombudsman's statement reveals how Services Australia exempted itself from notifying some 15,000 welfare recipients (out of of a total of 47,000…
Aug 28, 2023
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Chris Rudge
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When is an unlawful debt calculation method akin to playing soccer with boots on your hands?
Sometimes, making sense of unlawful governmental action can give rise to imperfect and whimsical analogies.
Aug 22, 2023
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Chris Rudge
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Lessons in Lawfulness
An analysis of the Commonwealth Ombudsman report finding more than 100,000 Centrelink files are affected by 'income apportionment' -- an unlawful method…
Aug 10, 2023
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Chris Rudge
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July 2023
The Robodebt Royal Commission
The Commission's report is compelling and suitably opprobrious; but evidentiary omissions (no fault of the Commission) leave researchers and activists…
Jul 9, 2023
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Chris Rudge
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April 2021
Welfare in Australia before 1908
The enactment of the Invalid and Old Age Pensions Act 1908 (Cth) ('IOPA') inaugurated welfare in Australia. But what came before it?
Apr 16, 2021
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Chris Rudge
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Defining robodebts
How, and in what legal contexts, have robodebts been defined?
Apr 1, 2021
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Chris Rudge
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March 2021
Centrelink's Net to Gross Earnings Calculator
What is this tool and why does the DSS use it to calculate debts? Is it legitimate or potentially unlawful?
Mar 26, 2021
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Chris Rudge
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References to the FCA from the AAT
In what circumstances can and should the AAT refer questions of law to the Federal Court of Australia under s 45 of AAT Act?
Mar 24, 2021
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Chris Rudge
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Welfare Law and MMT
Could Modern Monetary Theory reframe welfare and welfare law in Australia?
Mar 22, 2021
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Chris Rudge
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