Exclusive: As jobseekers continue to have payments suspended, advocates call for the regime to be stopped until it’s proven to be lawful Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Centrelink has been issuing payment suspension notices to jobseekers and those on disability support pensions at a rate of more than five … Read more
Exclusive: Services Australia spokesperson says automatic BPay payments and Centrelink being unable to contact customers may be to blame Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Approximately 44,000 Australians who have a debt with Centrelink have overpaid it, some by $20,000 or more, Guardian Australia can reveal. It is the latest … Read more
Peak body for community legal centres finds number of payments suspended due to IT glitch higher than department initially identified Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Hundreds of thousands of Centrelink payments were illegally cancelled because of a glitch in the automated system that runs the government’s controversial mutual obligations … Read more