'I don't have any trust': Centrelink robo-debt recipients say it feels like bullying

People who've received Centrelink's so-called robo-debt notices say the system is too opaque when they try to get to the bottom of how debts are incurred.

Source: AAP

 

The Morrison government has been accused of waging a war on the poor through its Centrelink welfare debt recovery program.

A Senate inquiry into Centrelink's controversial "robo-debt" recovery program has also heard first-hand accounts from people who've been told they owed the agency money.

Two people who provided copies of their confidential statements to AAP described dealing with Centrelink over welfare debts like talking to a brick wall or being bullied.

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