Bill
Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Responding to Robodebt) Bill 2025 [No. 2]
before parliament, as at 2025-08-26.
- Sponsor
- Allman-Payne
- Portfolio
- Not recorded
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2025-08-26
- second reading — 2025-08-26
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 2025-08-26.
This bill would change several social security laws to implement recommendations from the Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme.
It would introduce new principles and duties on automated decision-making, compliance activities, vulnerability, and debt recovery within Services Australia.
The bill would require better notification and oversight of automated decision-making and more compassionate debt recovery processes.
- Amends the A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999, Social Security Act 1991, Social Security (Administration) Act 1999, and Student Assistance Act 1973.
- Incorporates principles and duties aligned with Royal Commission recommendations on individual effects, compliance and vulnerability, automated decision making, and debt recovery.
- Improves and expands principles and duties in social security law to better align with the needs of people Services Australia serves.
Services Australia and individuals who interact with the social security system.
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