Centrelink drops woman's robodebt after she mounts court challenge

Madeleine Masterton’s lawsuit faces new hurdle as commonwealth’s move allows it to argue it has no case to answer

The Department of Human Services has dropped a debt it raised against a Melbourne woman, who is challenging the Coalition’s robodebt program in the federal court.

In February, Victoria Legal Aid and Madeleine Masterton filed a challenge against the “cryptic” process by which Centrelink’s automated debt recovery scheme calculates alleged welfare overpayments.

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