Bill
Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Responding to Robodebt) Bill 2025
lapsed, as at 2026-03-24.
- Sponsor
- Andrew Wilkie
- Portfolio
- Not recorded
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2025-08-25
- second reading — 2025-08-25
- other — 2026-03-24
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2025-08-25.
This bill would change several social security laws to implement recommendations from the Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme.
It would require Services Australia to follow new principles for treating people respectfully, overseeing automated decisions, and recovering debts more compassionately.
The bill names recommendations 10.1, 11.2, 11.4, 17.1, 18.1, and 18.2 as the ones requiring legislative change.
- The bill would amend the A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999, Social Security Act 1991, Social Security (Administration) Act 1999, and Student Assistance Act 1973.
- It would incorporate principles and duties aligned with the Royal Commission's recommendations on compliance, vulnerability, automated decision-making, and debt recovery.
- It would require better notification and oversight of automated decisions made by Services Australia.
Services Australia and the individuals it serves are affected.
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