Services Australia, the agency that oversees Australia’s public health and social security schemes, Medicare and Centrelink, has dismissed community concerns over staffing levels. This follows allegations that tens of thousands of calls went unanswered leaving thousands of Australians without access to vital services. A spokesperson for Services Australia told The Epoch Times in an email that…

Tens of thousands of calls to one of Australia’s most important domestic government agencies are allegedly going unanswered, leaving thousands of Australians without access to vital everyday services. The Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) has revealed that due to significant staffing shortfalls in Services Australia-the agency that oversees government programs like Centrelink, Medicare and Child…

Welfare recipients aged 55 and older are expected to receive a boost to their JobSeeker payments in a plan designed to help women and the long-term unemployed. The widely reported top-up to income support payments would flow through to about 227,000 people and complement other changes to Centrelink. Welfare advocates remain concerned the extra money…