Government to repay 470,000 unlawful robodebts in what might be Australia's biggest-ever financial backdown
- Written by: Terry Carney, Emeritus Professor of Law, University of Sydney
In a near-complete capitulation, the government will refund every alleged overpayment it has collected from welfare recipients under the discredited “robodebt” system of income averaging.
Unveiling the automated system in mid-2016 then treasurer Scott Morrison and social services minister Christian Porter promised more “accurate...
