Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced a Royal Commission into the previous government's so-called 'Robodebt' scheme, fulfilling an election promise.
The automated debt recovery program saw hundreds of thousands of welfare recipients wrongly pursued by Centrelink for debts they did not owe.
A class action lawsuit has found $750 million was incorrectly recovered.
The Prime Minister says the inquiry will examine, who was responsible for the scheme, why it was necessary, how concerns were handled, the harm caused, the cost to taxpayers and how to prevent similar failures in the future.
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