The Federal Government is under mounting pressure to fix its controversial Centrelink debt recovery scheme, as more people come forward complaining of debts they say they don't owe. The opposition says the process is callous and targets the most vulnerable. Centrelink has sent out almost 200,000 debt notices to current and former welfare recipients since the start of the financial year. The automated data-matching system is part of an effort by the government to retrieve an estimated four-billion-dollars it says is owed. But reports continue to emerge of wrongly-issued notices, with the government conceding around 20 per cent of those issued have been to people who didn't owe any money to Centrelink. This feature reveals more details.
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