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Australian Automated Debt Assessment System Issued False Notices to Thousands
Australian Department of Human Services (DHS)’s automated debt assessment system issued false or incorrect debt notices to hundreds of thousands of people, resulting in years-long lawsuits and damages to welfare recipients.
- Date it happened
- 2015-07-01
- Organisation involved
- Australian Department of Human Services
- Product, system or model
- Automated tax and welfare compliance system.
Where this came from
- theguardian.com
- theguardian.com
- theguardian.com
- abc.net.au
- abc.net.au
- theguardian.com
- abc.net.au
- theguardian.com
- theguardian.com
- theguardian.com
- abc.net.au
- newmatilda.com
- abc.net.au
- abc.net.au
- news.com.au
- sbs.com.au
- theguardian.com
- theguardian.com
- theguardian.com
- theguardian.com
- theguardian.com
- theguardian.com
- theguardian.com
- theguardian.com
- theguardian.com
- theguardian.com
- theguardian.com
- neoskosmos.com
- theguardian.com
- yourlifechoices.com.au
- abc.net.au
- abc.net.au
- smh.com.au
- probonoaustralia.com.au
- huffingtonpost.com.au
- businessinsider.com.au
- finance.nine.com.au
- theguardian.com
- abc.net.au
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