The Commonwealth Ombudsman found almost 1,000 jobseekers had their payments cancelled over two years under a Centrelink compliance regime.

Following a review, the department is reinstating the framework, allowing Centrelink payment suspensions and penalties to resume.

More than 50,000 people have been invited to apply for compensation over the failure, as advocates question whether enough has been done to address the underlying issues.

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[–] 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

So due to these slimey pricks trying to save money, trimming from social welfare, which affects some of the more vulnerable communities they now have to pay out compensation from the tax payers pocket. Nice one. Be too hard to just have a welfare system that pays people a liveable amount until they’re employed.

The department has not publicly disclosed its estimated total compensation liability.

Waow, when I was on Centrelink last I had to disclose every red cent of income I had and assets worth to the government but they fuck up trying to cut people off unlawfully and suddenly transparency is a foreign concept.

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