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Robodebt whistleblower was told her royal commission evidence ‘could cost you your job’, court hears
By Christopher KnausExclusive: Jeannie-Marie Blake is suing the Australian government over alleged threats, which her department denies making
#Centrelinkdebtrecovery #Centrelink #Australianews #Australianpolitics #Welfare #TheGuardian #ChristopherKnaus
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Robodebt whistleblower was told her royal commission evidence ‘could cost you your job’, court hears https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jul/18/robodebt-whistleblower-was-told-her-royal-commission-evidence-could-cost-you-your-job-court-hears #CentrelinkDebtRecovery #Centrelink #AustraliaNews #AustralianPolitics #Welfare
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Robodebt whistleblower was told her royal commission evidence ‘could cost you your job’, court hears https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jul/18/robodebt-whistleblower-was-told-her-royal-commission-evidence-could-cost-you-your-job-court-hears #CentrelinkDebtRecovery #Centrelink #AustraliaNews #AustralianPolitics #Welfare
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Jobless treated same as offenders
#ausnews #vicnews #centrelink #homelessnes #poverty #wfd #jobnetwork #centrelink #courts #community #employment #training #skills -
Call centre operator that won major Centrelink contract paid no corporate tax for two years
The Perth-headquartered company, Telco Services Australia, generated more than $185m in revenue in 2024-25 but reported no taxable income, new financial documents show.
The year before, it reported $130m in income and also paid zero tax.
The two-year reporting period coincides with the company’s multi-year $90m-plus contract to run call centre operations for Services Australia, the agency responsible for social security.
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ATO refers hundreds of thousands of taxpayers to a private debt collector – including people on Centrelink benefits
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/oct/27/ato-tax-repayments-debt-collectorThe ATO is handballing thousands of people to Recoveriescorp. This misstep by the ATO is going to have disastrous consequences, like we saw with RoboDebt.
Recoveriescorp is a debt collector that's funded by private equity.
The business-model for private equity is buy-up other companies. This buy-up generates a massive debt. Companies that get consumed by a private equity firm are usually saddled with that debt. But, the reason those companies were up for sale is they were in bad shape. Now they've gone from underperforming to being in existential crisis. Their primary motivation becomes making as much money as possible, as quickly as possible, and by any means possible. Recoveriescorp is desperate to make money, and will hit anyone to make a buck.
What kind of company is Recoveriescorp?
Follow the money!
Recoveriescorp is owned by Nutun Australia Holdings Pty Ltd, which is part of Dove Bidco Pty Ltd, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Allegro Funds Pty Ltd.
Clear as mud.
How about Allegro Funds?
Back in January 2023, news emerged that PwC had been leaking secret Australian Government tax plans to corporations for up to ten years. PwC had abused its position as consultants to the Australian Government. Additionally, PwC ran what appears to me is a sham investigation to cover-up their own dirty deeds. (For more info, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PwC_tax_scandal).
As the result of this scandal, PwC lost A$680 million, about 20% of its overall income.
To extricate itself from the disaster of its own making, PwC spun-off the part of its business responsible for the acursed "Government Services". That was in June 2023. (For more info, see https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-25/pwc-appoints-new-ceo-will-sell-off-government-business/102521482). The core of new company was 117 former PwC partners, then filled-out with more than 1,500 other PwC staff. It was named Scyne Advisory.
In November 2023, PwC sold Scyne Advisory to Allegro Funds for $1.
You read that right: one dollar.
Now Recoveriescorp, owned by Allegro Funds and haunted by the ghost of Scyne Advisory (née PwC), has a fresh deal with the Australian Taxation Office. The ATO hasn't learned anything from its past mistakes. They did a deal with Recoveriescorp to act as a debt collector and try to claw money from people on Centrelink.
#AusPol #RoboDebt #ATO #AustralianTaxationOffice #Centrelink #Recoveriescorp #PwC #ScyneAdvisory #AllegroFunds
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ATO refers hundreds of thousands of taxpayers to a private debt collector – including people on Centrelink benefits
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/oct/27/ato-tax-repayments-debt-collectorThe ATO is handballing thousands of people to Recoveriescorp. This misstep by the ATO is going to have disastrous consequences, like we saw with RoboDebt.
Recoveriescorp is a debt collector that's funded by private equity.
The business-model for private equity is buy-up other companies. This buy-up generates a massive debt. Companies that get consumed by a private equity firm are usually saddled with that debt. But, the reason those companies were up for sale is they were in bad shape. Now they've gone from underperforming to being in existential crisis. Their primary motivation becomes making as much money as possible, as quickly as possible, and by any means possible. Recoveriescorp is desperate to make money, and will hit anyone to make a buck.
What kind of company is Recoveriescorp?
Follow the money!
Recoveriescorp is owned by Nutun Australia Holdings Pty Ltd, which is part of Dove Bidco Pty Ltd, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Allegro Funds Pty Ltd.
Clear as mud.
How about Allegro Funds?
Back in January 2023, news emerged that PwC had been leaking secret Australian Government tax plans to corporations for up to ten years. PwC had abused its position as consultants to the Australian Government. Additionally, PwC ran what appears to me is a sham investigation to cover-up their own dirty deeds. (For more info, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PwC_tax_scandal).
As the result of this scandal, PwC lost A$680 million, about 20% of its overall income.
To extricate itself from the disaster of its own making, PwC spun-off the part of its business responsible for the acursed "Government Services". That was in June 2023. (For more info, see https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-25/pwc-appoints-new-ceo-will-sell-off-government-business/102521482). The core of new company was 117 former PwC partners, then filled-out with more than 1,500 other PwC staff. It was named Scyne Advisory.
In November 2023, PwC sold Scyne Advisory to Allegro Funds for $1.
You read that right: one dollar.
Now Recoveriescorp, owned by Allegro Funds and haunted by the ghost of Scyne Advisory (née PwC), has a fresh deal with the Australian Taxation Office. The ATO hasn't learned anything from its past mistakes. They did a deal with Recoveriescorp to act as a debt collector and try to claw money from people on Centrelink.
#AusPol #RoboDebt #ATO #AustralianTaxationOffice #Centrelink #Recoveriescorp #PwC #ScyneAdvisory #AllegroFunds
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@noticingclimate.bsky.social
Links to the ... wow ... redoubtable Asher Wolf looking at another Services Australia failure around Centrelink debts.Benefit recipients are being treated so badly.
The Targeted Compliance Framework has corrupted the system and twisted the purposes of welfare payments into being a tool to oppress and demonise benefit recipients.What you reckon Anthony Albanese?
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@noticingclimate.bsky.social
Links to the ... wow ... redoubtable Asher Wolf looking at another Services Australia failure around Centrelink debts.Benefit recipients are being treated so badly.
The Targeted Compliance Framework has corrupted the system and twisted the purposes of welfare payments into being a tool to oppress and demonise benefit recipients.What you reckon Anthony Albanese?
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“Post-Robot Debt” https://www.crikey.com.au/2025/10/01/it-error-welfare-payments-australia/
Mutual Obligation (T)error systemic
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/mar/05/australia-mutual-obligation-system-it-system-error#AUWU #centrelink #Dole
#JobSeeker #YouthAllowance #ParentingPayment #Robodebt #unemployed -
Deliberate and corrupt dealings.
#ManslaughterByGovernmentDepartment
#CentreLink
#SoSadTooBad
#CentreLinkRoyalCommission#MichaeliaCash #StuartRobert #TonyBurke #MurrayWatts #TimFfrench
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Deliberate and corrupt dealings.
#ManslaughterByGovernmentDepartment
#CentreLink
#SoSadTooBad
#CentreLinkRoyalCommission#MichaeliaCash #StuartRobert #TonyBurke #MurrayWatts #TimFfrench
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CW: robodebt, self harm
So how did it come that allegedly some 2000 #Australians killed themselves?
Where is the official government account of how #RoboDebt lead to their death?
Does the #AustralianGovernment even acknowledge the pivotal role that the Robodebt scheme had in these deaths?
Has it taken the steps necessary to stop the harassment, bastardry, authoritarian thuggery, #WagesTheft and #HomelessnessRisk brought by #ServicesAustralia, #Centrelink, the #HomeRentalIndustry etc etc?
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CW: robodebt, self harm
So how did it come that allegedly some 2000 #Australians killed themselves?
Where is the official government account of how #RoboDebt lead to their death?
Does the #AustralianGovernment even acknowledge the pivotal role that the Robodebt scheme had in these deaths?
Has it taken the steps necessary to stop the harassment, bastardry, authoritarian thuggery, #WagesTheft and #HomelessnessRisk brought by #ServicesAustralia, #Centrelink, the #HomeRentalIndustry etc etc?
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No increase to base jobseeker rate in budget means Centrelink payment remains below poverty line
https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2024/may/16/australia-federal-budget-2024-jobseeker-centrelink-payments-welfare-services-australiaThis latest federal budget offers little hope to unemployed people. Again, the government's safety-net is not enough for people left without work by the sad state of the economy. They should raise the dole until it's over the poverty line. Or, even better, offer a real fix in the form of a universal basic income.
#AusPol #Jobseeker #Dole #Budget #Centrelink #PovertyLine #CostOfLiving #UBI #UniversalBasicIncome
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No increase to base jobseeker rate in budget means Centrelink payment remains below poverty line
https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2024/may/16/australia-federal-budget-2024-jobseeker-centrelink-payments-welfare-services-australiaThis latest federal budget offers little hope to unemployed people. Again, the government's safety-net is not enough for people left without work by the sad state of the economy. They should raise the dole until it's over the poverty line. Or, even better, offer a real fix in the form of a universal basic income.
#AusPol #Jobseeker #Dole #Budget #Centrelink #PovertyLine #CostOfLiving #UBI #UniversalBasicIncome
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CW: Sorry for rant but..
Finally restored my #MyGov account and all the linkages to other government services.
(Like many other it was hacked back in November and they locked me out)
The process was very long and very stressful. I must have had to prove I was me about 100 times over 24 hours. What a ridiculously complex system.
#Australia really you can do better
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CW: Sorry for rant but..
Finally restored my #MyGov account and all the linkages to other government services.
(Like many other it was hacked back in November and they locked me out)
The process was very long and very stressful. I must have had to prove I was me about 100 times over 24 hours. What a ridiculously complex system.
#Australia really you can do better
#tax #ato #medicare #centrelink #servicesaustralia -
‘Scam-in-a-box’: #MyGov suspends thousands of accounts linked to dark web fraud kits | Australia news | The Guardian
> Exclusive: #Scams utilise phishing attacks on #Centrelink, #ATO and #Medicare accounts using obtained login details
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‘Scam-in-a-box’: #MyGov suspends thousands of accounts linked to dark web fraud kits | Australia news | The Guardian
> Exclusive: #Scams utilise phishing attacks on #Centrelink, #ATO and #Medicare accounts using obtained login details
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‘Scam-in-a-box’: #MyGov suspends thousands of accounts linked to dark web fraud kits | Australia news | The Guardian
> Exclusive: #Scams utilise phishing attacks on #Centrelink, #ATO and #Medicare accounts using obtained login details
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‘Scam-in-a-box’: #MyGov suspends thousands of accounts linked to dark web fraud kits | Australia news | The Guardian
> Exclusive: #Scams utilise phishing attacks on #Centrelink, #ATO and #Medicare accounts using obtained login details
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‘Scam-in-a-box’: #MyGov suspends thousands of accounts linked to dark web fraud kits | Australia news | The Guardian
> Exclusive: #Scams utilise phishing attacks on #Centrelink, #ATO and #Medicare accounts using obtained login details
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Did you know that #Centrelink answers less than one out of every four calls?
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/oct/30/did-you-know-that-centrelink-answers-less-than-one-out-of-every-four-calls?Also Debt Repayments https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/oct/30/centrelink-debt-repayments-paused-potentially-unlawful
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Did you know that #Centrelink answers less than one out of every four calls?
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/oct/30/did-you-know-that-centrelink-answers-less-than-one-out-of-every-four-calls?Also Debt Repayments https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/oct/30/centrelink-debt-repayments-paused-potentially-unlawful
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#mutualobligation system enforced by privatised #jobagencies
#centrelink #centrestink #jobseeker #ServicesAustralia
Australian Unemployed Workers #Union #AUWU -
Single mothers should not be assumed to be criminals. This software is being used in a horrible way that exploits the vulnerabilities of women and only highlights the patriarchy of this country. Women could be blackmailed by ex-partners, but this also means that single mothers will have their casual relationships put under the radar - are women not as entitled to have no-strings-attached relationships in the same way men are?
#endthepatriarchy #womensrights #equalityforwomen #equityforwomen #singlemum #singlemothers #welfare #Centrelink
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Single mothers should not be assumed to be criminals. This software is being used in a horrible way that exploits the vulnerabilities of women and only highlights the patriarchy of this country. Women could be blackmailed by ex-partners, but this also means that single mothers will have their casual relationships put under the radar - are women not as entitled to have no-strings-attached relationships in the same way men are?
#endthepatriarchy #womensrights #equalityforwomen #equityforwomen #singlemum #singlemothers #welfare #Centrelink
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"A #former in-house #lawyer has #described a #culture of #fear at the #DepartmentofSocialServices as the #Robodebt #scheme #began to #unravel.
She has told a #royalcommission no-one wanted to bring bad #news to the #department's #boss #who was #described as #controlling."
#ausgov #auspol #tasgov #taspol #politas #australia #tasmania #lutruwita #Centrelink #welfare #poverty #capitalism #gst #tax #PyramidSchemes #fascism #racism #statism #imperialism #law #humanrights #classwar #eattherich #fuckthesystem #trickledowneconomics #Aristocrats #politicians #RobodebtRC -
"A #former in-house #lawyer has #described a #culture of #fear at the #DepartmentofSocialServices as the #Robodebt #scheme #began to #unravel.
She has told a #royalcommission no-one wanted to bring bad #news to the #department's #boss #who was #described as #controlling."
#ausgov #auspol #tasgov #taspol #politas #australia #tasmania #lutruwita #Centrelink #welfare #poverty #capitalism #gst #tax #PyramidSchemes #fascism #racism #statism #imperialism #law #humanrights #classwar #eattherich #fuckthesystem #trickledowneconomics #Aristocrats #politicians #RobodebtRC -
Centrelink requires that you update your income and assets within 2 weeks of a significant change. I did that 8 weeks ago. It still hasn't been "approved". Meanwhile my account is locked. So if I have another update then I can only do that by phoning in. Then while I wait on the phone for an hour they will keep repeating how easy it is do do updates online. I'm pretty sure that all of these govt call centres are seriously understaffed at the moment. SERCO have the biggest contracts for both Centrelink & the ATO. They make huge profits while paying their call centre staff minimum wage. #Centrelink #ServicesAustralia
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Centrelink requires that you update your income and assets within 2 weeks of a significant change. I did that 8 weeks ago. It still hasn't been "approved". Meanwhile my account is locked. So if I have another update then I can only do that by phoning in. Then while I wait on the phone for an hour they will keep repeating how easy it is do do updates online. I'm pretty sure that all of these govt call centres are seriously understaffed at the moment. SERCO have the biggest contracts for both Centrelink & the ATO. They make huge profits while paying their call centre staff minimum wage. #Centrelink #ServicesAustralia
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We are learning what "businesses" are truely needed.
In #Australia, hundreds of thousands of #unempolyed and #underemployed persons were informed today that they don't need to visit so-called #JobServiceProviders, privatised companies that exist to cajole and torment the less advantaged in society.
Step one is complete on the path to a #UniversalBasicIncome. Next stop - #Centrelink.
#ubi #aRightToLive #jsp #society #basicIncome #sanders #scomo #auspol
