Centrelink signs in Melbourne Source: AAP
Centrelink is being urged to suspend its so-called "robo-debt" program until several apparent problems are fixed.
A report by a Senate inquiry into the automated debt recovery system has recommended all debts determined through "income averaging" should be re-assessed, the onus be shifted, and the system redesigned.
More than 200,000 people have been identified by the system since mid-2016.
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By Madhura Seneviratne
Source: SBS News
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