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PM defends Centrelink's controversial robodebt scheme

Welfare, Debt, Centrelink

XXX at XXX on October 9, 2014 in Melbourne, Australia. Economists expect the Australian jobs figure for September to show an unemployment rate of 6.2%. Source: Getty

Prime Minister Scott Morrison says the government wants to make welfare debt recovery better and says Labor is exaggerating the extent of the complaints against the system. Mr Morrison has defended the controversial robodebt scheme after a class action lawyer announced he was investigating if it's unlawful.


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By Greg Dyett

Presented by Margarita Vasileva

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Prime Minister Scott Morrison says the government wants to make welfare debt recovery better and says Labor is exaggerating the extent of the complaints against the system. Mr Morrison has defended the controversial robodebt scheme after a class action lawyer announced he was investigating if it's unlawful.



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