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

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
        3·
        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.

        • abhibeckert@lemmy.world
          2·
          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.zoneEnglish
          2·
          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.