The government has refused to tell a parliamentary hearing how many alleged welfare debts have been identified by a flawed and now abandoned calculation method that is likely to force the commonwealth to refund thousands of welfare recipients.
At a fiery Senate estimates session on Thursday night, Department of Social Services and Services Australia officials cited legal advice in refusing to answer successive questions about the botched scheme, which is now the subject of a class action.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/mar/06/centrelink-robodebt-senate-estimates-class-action
At a fiery Senate estimates session on Thursday night, Department of Social Services and Services Australia officials cited legal advice in refusing to answer successive questions about the botched scheme, which is now the subject of a class action.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/mar/06/centrelink-robodebt-senate-estimates-class-action
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