Published: December 15, 2019
Department officials refuse to provide estimate or running total of the unlawfully calculated debts
The 734,000 welfare recipients who have received robodebt notices will have to wait until the new year to discover if they are entitled to refunds because debts were unlawfully calculated using income-averaging.
At a Senate committee hearing on Monday, Department of Human Services officials refused to provide any estimate or running total of the unlawful debts – despite government services minister Stuart Robert’s assurances that only a “small cohort” are affected.
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