Workplace safety relies on transparency and simplicity

We have all seen results coming from robodebt. The big lesson is that governments must now give proper consideration to the human impact of any proposed policy — not just the economic impact or the budget gains or the electoral benefits or the ‘ideological’ wins.

The first consideration is the potential mental health impact on people — all people. Whether they be the unemployed, foreign students, those with disabilities, the poor, or those in the middle and the self-employed. Governments have an absolute duty to do the right things by the people.