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Government figures show Services Australia has added thousands more staff and reduced outstanding claims and call waiting times.

Services Australia will get a $228 million injection to put on 3,000 new frontline staff.

A Senate committee has vowed to pursue the federal government over robodebt after it refused to hand over legal advice.

The government has agreed to pay $112 million to members of the robodebt class action.

The federal government will refund automated welfare debts worth more than $700 million.

Digital services company Infosys will replace Centrelink’s legacy welfare entitlements system.

A national strategy tackling the myriad issues contributing to Australia’s worsening homelessness should be included in the next national agreement between the Commonwealth and states, an expert says.

An estimated 2.8 million transactions will be moved online as the government’s digital identity program is gradually linked to more government services, the Digital Transformation Agency says.

The distribution of commercial spyware to government agencies appears to be common practice in Australia.

The Department of Human Services will create approximately 2,000 permanent jobs in Medicare, Centrelink and Child Support.