Tag: census

  • Centrelink overpayment errors ‘not counted’

    Centrelink overpayment errors ‘not counted’

    The Senate inquiry into Centrelink’s automated debt recovery system has found that the system has not kept track of how many overpayment errors were caused by the agency itself. Greens senator Rachel Siewert has called for greater clarity from the government service on the functionality and reliability of the new automated system. “I think it…

  • Head of IBM takes full responsibility for Census Fail

    Head of IBM takes full responsibility for Census Fail

    This morning officials from both IBM and the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) have facedĀ Parliament House following a public hearing into the Census Fail. The night of August 9th left millions of Australians frustrated at their keyboards waiting for the website to load however were delayed by almost 40 hours. Earlier in the week, head…

  • Census 2016: Hacked

    Census 2016: Hacked

    After the Census debacle on Tuesday night, this morning the ABS has claimed that the census website was hacked and subjected to four malicious attacks, probably from overseas.