Senate debates

Wednesday, 5 November 2025

Questions without Notice

Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme

2:24 pm

Photo of Penny Allman-PaynePenny Allman-Payne (Queensland, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

So-called mutual obligations force people on JobSeeker into pointless box-ticking exercises and compliance activities that deliver billions of dollars to private employment agencies but provide no real help to jobseekers. In the past year, over two million payment suspensions have been issued under this system—a system that two reports have now found may not even be lawful. Minister, can you state with confidence that the Targeted Compliance Framework is operating lawfully?

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