Services Australia touches the lives of almost all Australians. We want to reassure you we’re working hard to provide the best support we can during this difficult time.
Tag: On the record
13 August 2019 – Correction – Reporting on compliance staff
Recent media reports about our compliance review teams contain factual errors and misrepresentations that require correction. The latest coverage continues to wrongly refer to online compliance as automated debt-raising.
2 August 2019 – Medicare data collection for medical research purposes
We would like to clarify recent inaccurate reports about how the department uses data collection for medical research purposes.
8 May 2019 – Correction of inaccurate reporting by iTWire
iTWire today made inaccurate and misleading claims in its story titled DHS cares little for the privacy of Australians.
10 April – Carer Allowance reporting
We value the important role of carers and want to clarify reporting in WA Today (10 April 2019) about transitioning from a child to an adult Carer Allowance.
25 March – Correction – compliance activities
Reporting in The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald and The Canberra Times (25 March 2019) included misleading information about how we conduct our compliance activities.
Service Delivery Partners
Recent remarks about the training and quality of work provided by the department’s Service Delivery Partners are unfounded.
Operators from our suppliers manage calls in exactly the same way as our own staff.
19 November 2018 – Correction of inaccurate reporting on A Current Affair
A Current Affair on Thursday 15 November 2018 reported misleading information about how a person’s home is assessed when they need to enter aged care or a nursing home level of care.
2 November – Correction – Tasmanian staffing arrangements
Recent commentary about our Tasmanian staffing arrangements is missing context we gave at Senate Estimates on 25 October 2018.
1 November 2018 – Correction – Customer satisfaction and complaint levels
Public discussion on Centrelink customer satisfaction and complaint levels does not reflect the full context provided by officials to Senate Estimates last week and information contained in our recently published 2017-18 Annual Report.