Watchdog says Services Australia and the Department of Social Services ‘did not act promptly’ to address the issue and calls on agencies to apologise

  • Lemmington Bunnie@aussie.zone
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    1 year ago

    Just assume they all are - I’d be willing to bet it would be the cheaper option than paying staff to sift through the reports then refunding the legit ones.

    Burn it all down and start fresh.

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      1 year ago

      Yep I agree. And I expect that’s what will happen… but the sensible thing isn’t to just make an arbitrary decision, they need to get this right and seek advice — preferably external advice, since the department itself is dysfunctional and that’s what they’ve done.

    • zurohki@aussie.zone
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      1 year ago

      Oh, we can’t do that - let’s spend 100 million making sure we don’t pay anyone a dollar more than we have to. You know, to cut costs.