Magistrate urges tougher action on centrelink fraud
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Federal MP Anthony Albanese will call for tougher scrutiny of the payment processing system for the federal government's Centrelink tax credit recipients.
The Parliamentary Budget Office says only about half of the 3.4 million people whose names appear on Centrelink's payroll account are actually eligible for the tax credit.
Mr Albanese told Lateline that he wanted a review of the policy and his office had asked the parliamentary budget office for resources to support the request.
Mr Albanese will argue to a Senate inquiry on Thursday to call for a review of the government's payment processing policy, but does not expect a formal response from the government.
"If we think the policy needs reform, we could use the tools we have to help them, or we could look at our own laws, to make sure that we don't let the system fail us," he said.
As part of his budget, the government is expected to close the "bitter rift" between Labor, the Greens, the independent Nick Xenophon Team and crossbench senators Nick Xenophon and Nick Xenophon Team, and the crossbench treasury senators Jacqui Lambie and Jacqui Lambie.
However, Opposition Leader Bill Shorten says Labor has only provided a "vague outline" of the Coalition's economic reform plans.
"One of the major issues that's been the Achilles heel of the economic policy of the last four or five years has been what's been the strategy behind it and there's very clearly a deep divide between the Labor government and the government that's been put in place," he said.
Federal Liberal leader Bob Brown says Labor has been "the most generous party to welfare recipients in terms of welfare spending".
"At the end of the day it's been the Labor Party that's made welfare spending on welfare payments the number one issue," he said.
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Last cardross crash victim to be buried on Sunday
He lost his left eye at one stage but he recovered.
He was an 18-year-old student living in a hotel.
Majid, who was studying engineering in the university's engineering institute, had two eyes closed.
According to officials, both were damaged during the accident when he lost control of his bicycle.
"It was the driver's fault, he was drunk," Majid's uncle told the BBC.
But he was lucky to survive, his mother told the AFP news agency.
Majid's friend told the broadcaster: "I had hoped for a miracle that no one would be left behind."
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption A schoolboy says the driver of a car had two broken legs
Police confirmed at the scene that the driver had a medical permit but refused to give his name.
'Unfortunate circumstances'
He was taken to hospital and then later discharged, said police spokesman Samer Akbari.
Aberdeen police commander Zuhair Rahman said he could not comment on whether any investigation had taken place at the scene.
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption Schoolboy says he didn't even know the student had two broken legs
The bus driver who did not want to be named refused to comment in confidence, but it is thought the accident took place in Aberdeen.
"There was an incident in the bus and a young man was injured and he died," Aberdeen police said in a statement.
"But it is our view that we cannot talk about what may have happened with a student in the bus or the driver of the bus."
A student at Aberdeen's King Henry College had told BBC Scotland that Majid's "lack of awareness" was the main reason he left the bus.
"The driver thought it was going to be a fun way to spend time, it was really an accident," she said.
BBC Scotland spoke with the driver at Aberdeen's city centre where the bus was parked.
He confirmed that the driver was also wearing a medallion, a warning sign, that allows a passenger to stop the vehicle to check if the person sitting on the bus is carrying a child.
The school said: "There is no sign, on the bus as in the past, of an appropriate sign warning students to watch out and to avoid leaving children alone.
Image copyright Aberdeen City Council Image caption Edinburgh University students were on their way to the campus from Aberdeen on Thursday
"They may have just felt at home, that's probably what happened - I mean most people in a car are. That may have been his lack o
