David Pocock (ACT, Independent) | Hansard source

I want to again commend Senators Ruston and Allman-Payne for the work that they've done in aged care in shining a light on the use of an algorithm that doesn't seem fit for purpose, shining a light on an assessment tool that—despite what the government says—seems like its only human oversight is the putting of numbers into the algorithm. You can't change it once it comes out, and that is no way to treat Australians.

This leads us to a very important and much broader challenge that we're facing—how do you have more transparency and accountability when there is widespread use of automated decision-making and widespread use of algorithms? Clearly, so far, we haven't figured that out as a country. We need the government to step up when it comes to recommendations from the royal commission and when it comes to transparency of an algorithm that has such a big impact on people's lives.