Was the government 'recklessly indifferent' over its 'robodebt' scheme?

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A typical robodebt demand notice Source: SBS News / SBS

The Royal Commission into the botched Centrelink debt recovery scheme has heard the department’s own lawyers cast doubt on its legality before it began. The scheme ran from 2015 until November 2019, when the government accepted it was unlawful.


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Was the government 'recklessly indifferent' over its 'robodebt' scheme? | SBS News