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The Monthly

How I fought off a robodebt

7 min read · From 2019 · One man’s battle against the confounding maths of a Centrelink robodebt
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Guardian Australia

Senate committee calls for royal commission into robodebt scandal

4 min read · May 13th · Labor-Greens majority committee accuses the government of withholding information on the scheme which caused ‘significant and widespread harm’
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Guardian Australia

Former small business ombudsman wants ‘compassion’ for those overpaid welfare due to jobkeeper

3 min read · 2021-09-13 · Kate Carnell defends tax office decision not to pursue businesses and suggests similar treatment for individuals who made ‘honest mistakes’
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Guardian Australia

Pensioner slugged with jobkeeper debt accuses Coalition of double standards

4 min read · 2021-08-12 · Jan Raabe says it’s ‘highly immoral’ large companies who got the subsidy and turned a profit are not being chased by Centrelink
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Guardian Australia

Daughter’s anger as late mother hit with decade-old $1,600 welfare bill, but jobkeeper companies keep cash

3 min read · 2021-09-07 · Exclusive: The debt issued to Tarnya Widdicombe’s mother was later wiped and blamed on a ‘mistake’ after inquiries from Guardian Australia
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Guardian Australia

'Robodebt-related trauma': the victims still paying for Australia's unlawful welfare crackdown

5 min read · 2021-08-20 · Underwhelmed by or left out of this week’s class action settlement, many are still angry that the scandal never made it to court
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Guardian Australia

Robodebt class action over but federal government still wants legal costs and advice to stay secret

3 min read · 2021-08-19 · Bill Shorten says refusal to disclose details is ‘nothing short of a coverup’ as Senate inquiry examines scheme
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Guardian Australia

Centrelink orders jobkeeper recipients to pay back $32m, while profitable businesses allowed to keep funds

3 min read · 2021-08-09 · Exclusive: government accused of double standards after issuing 11,771 welfare recipients with debt notices due to Covid wage subsidy
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Guardian Australia

Robodebt victims referred to debt collectors even after government admitted scheme was unlawful

2 min read · 2021-05-05 · Services Australia tells Senate inquiry it continued accepting repayments from more than 123,500 people after November 2019
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Guardian Australia

Robodebt scandal: ‘vanishing’ Centrelink debts condemned by MPs and campaigners

3 min read · 2021-04-20 · Disappearance of debts comes as government tries to finalise robodebt court settlement
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independentaustralia.net

Class actions against governments will prevent social injustices

3 min read · 2021-03-03 · There should be a call for our court system to bring governments to account for social injustices.
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ZDNet

Australian government says no to shuttering Centrelink compliance after robo-debt inquiry

2 min read · 2021-02-12 · It also isn't interested in having an independent review launched into the policy, design, administration, and impact of Centrelink's compliance program.
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ABC News

Alan Tudge dismisses judge's description he engaged in 'criminal' conduct as 'commentary'

2 min read · 2020-10-05 · Acting Immigration Minister Alan Tudge's behaviour was slammed by a senior Federal Court judge for not immediately releasing an Afghan man from immigration detention after he was granted a refugee…
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Guardian Australia

Robodebt: fresh claims against federal minister Alan Tudge delay court trial

3 min read · 2020-09-21 · Commonwealth needs to prepare for new argument former human services minister knew scheme was unlawful, court says
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Guardian Australia

Coalition warned robodebt scheme was unenforceable three years before it acted

3 min read · From 2020 · Administrative Appeals Tribunal member says finding was ‘kind of kindergarten law ... it was so open and shut’
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Guardian Australia

Robodebt court documents show government was warned 76 times debts were not legally enforceable

4 min read · 2020-09-18 · Exclusive: statement of claim names Alan Tudge as among a handful of insiders aware program flawed
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