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SenateTuesday 18 August 2026

National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future Generations) Bill 2026

Senator DAVID POCOCK (Australian Capital Territory—Independent ACT Whip) (18:38): I have a follow-up on that. Thank you for the explanation. SOPIs aside, I was interested in the use of algorithms.

When it comes to algorithms, the robodebt royal commission said that business rules and algorithms should be made available to enable independent expert scrutiny. Will all the rules and algorithms be made available to enable independent expert scrutiny, and who will undertake this independent expert scrutiny, given this is something that hasn't happened with the algorithm used in the IAT?

SourceSenate, Tuesday 18 August 2026 — official recordTA-260818-senate-c7f1fa3d546f:s099