What kind of government service puts the public on hold for 811 years

Kristin Natalier

What kind of government service puts the public on hold for 811 years

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Abstract

A new report by the Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) calculates around one in four calls to Centrelink went unanswered in 2013-14. The ANAO estimates the time lost by customers who abandoned their calls – after an average wait of nine minutes and 43 seconds – totalled 143 years. The average wait until calls were answered, 16 minutes and 53 seconds, translates to these callers hanging on the end of the line for a cumulative total of 668 years.

Original language	English
Specialist publication	The Conversation
Publication status	Published - 2 Jun 2015

Keywords

Welfare
Social policy
Centrelink
Welfare reform
Digital technology
Public services

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What kind of government service puts the public on hold for 811 years

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