THE RORT · DOSSIER · COMMONWEALTH OMBUDSMANSTATUS · TRACKED
Services Australia: named together in 2 articlesServices AustraliaThe ACCC: named together in 1 articleThe ACCCACCI: named together in 1 articleACCIAmerican Express: named together in 1 articleAmerican ExpressThe ATO: named together in 1 articleThe ATOAustralian Banking Association: named together in 1 articleAustralian Banking As…COSBOA: named together in 1 articleCOSBOADEWR: named together in 1 articleDEWReftpos: named together in 1 articleeftposJim Chalmers: named together in 1 articleJim ChalmersMastercard: named together in 1 articleMastercardOne Nation: named together in 1 articleOne NationPauline Hanson: named together in 1 articlePauline Hansonpay.com.au: named together in 1 articleThe RBA: named together in 1 articleTargeted Compliance Framework: named together in 1 articleVisa: named together in 1 article
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Commonwealth Ombudsman

Status Tracked

The independent statutory office that investigated automated welfare cancellation decisions in two reports, finding unlawful conduct under section 42AF(2)(d); the two provisions restarting in October 2026 were not the subject of either report.

Last on record
2026-10-03
Named in
2 articles
Across
2 cases

Named in 2 articles across 2 cases 17 connections: companies 5, lobbies 3, mechanisms 1, regulators and bodies 2, agencies and departments 3, parties and organisations 1, people 2

Tracked in the model
2 cited
Named across 2 articles and 2 cases.
2
Articles naming it
2
Cases it recurs across
17
Linked in the graph
0
Figures on file

Fig. 01 / Where this name appears

The Compliance Machine11 article →The Surcharge Rort11 article →
Fig. 01Source: article scan · every article naming itAs of 2026‑10‑03Auto-assembled

How we know

The sources of the 2 articles that name Commonwealth Ombudsman, by the tier the desk declared. A source supports its article, not necessarily a claim about Commonwealth Ombudsman.

Evidence strength · 71 sources across 2 articles
  • Primary 32
  • Official 26
  • Masthead 7
  • Trade 3
  • Unusable 1
  • 2 not yet graded
Primary
the document itself: legislation, a court record, a filing, a regulator’s own publication
Official
the organisation’s own statement about itself
Masthead
a news organisation with a corrections policy, reporting the primary document
Trade
specialist or trade press
Unusable
its own sourcing cannot be established
How sources are graded

2 of 2 articles are graded on every headline finding. How findings are graded

Fig. 02 / Named together

Commonwealth OmbudsmanServices Australia: named together in 2 articlesServices Australia2ACCI: named together in 1 articleACCI1American Express: named together in 1 articleAmerican Express1Australian Banking Association: named together in 1 articleAustralian Banking Association1COSBOA: named together in 1 articleCOSBOA1DEWR: named together in 1 articleDEWR1eftpos: named together in 1 articleeftpos1Jim Chalmers: named together in 1 articleJim Chalmers1Mastercard: named together in 1 articleMastercard1One Nation: named together in 1 articleOne Nation1Pauline Hanson: named together in 1 articlePauline Hanson1pay.com.au: named together in 1 articlepay.com.au1
The 12 names most often in the same articles as Commonwealth Ombudsman. A line's weight, and the number by each name, is how many articles name both. Grey chords join the neighbours most often named together themselves (two articles or more). Circles are people and organisations, squares are mechanisms. Named together is all this shows: it is not a finding about what the relationship is.
Fig. 02Source: article scan · articles naming bothAs of 2026‑10‑03Auto-assembled

How this page is assembled. The name, status and role are the desk's entity record. The article list, case counts, and connections are read by script from the published articles that name Commonwealth Ombudsman. A connection is a name that appears in the same articles; it is not a finding about the relationship. Under How we know, the sources are those articles' references, counted once each and tiered only where the desk declared a tier; a grade beside an article is its weakest headline finding, shown only where every headline finding is graded. The page is rebuilt when an article is published or changed.

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