Centrelink debt recovery

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Top Australian debt collector still operating in Victoria despite blacklisting
Exclusive: Consumer Affairs Victoria investigating Panthera, which was fined $500,000 in 2020 after pursuing debts from people who were not liable

Christopher Knaus

11, Jan, 2024 @2:00 PM

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WA bushfires destroy at least one home – as it happened
This blog is now closed.

Caitlin Cassidy and Rafqa Touma (earlier)

21, Dec, 2023 @6:52 AM

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Two people were jailed for welfare debts that Centrelink may have calculated unlawfully
The cases are probably wrongful convictions and prosecutors should facilitate appeals, a legal expert says

Paul Karp Chief political correspondent

06, Dec, 2023 @2:00 PM

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Robodebt royal commission: Labor accepts 56 recommendations, but rejects FOI changes
Albanese government releases formal response to Catherine Holmes’s inquiry into Centrelink debt recovery scheme

Cait Kelly Inequality reporter

13, Nov, 2023 @5:36 AM

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Centrelink officials recalled to Senate estimates after failing to answer ‘basic questions’
Request for welfare agency to return on 7 November follows ‘unnaceptable’ October hearing about growing call and payment wait times

Sarah Basford Canales and Cait Kelly

02, Nov, 2023 @5:27 AM

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Dozens of Centrelink fraud prosecutions dropped due to unlawful welfare debt calculations
Services Australia and prosecutors are unable to say exactly how many past convictions may be affected

Paul Karp Chief political correspondent

01, Nov, 2023 @2:00 PM

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Services Australia forced to pause Centrelink debt repayments for 86,000 people amid legality concerns
Debt pause comes after watchdog found historical ‘income apportionment’ method breached social security law

Paul Karp Chief political correspondent

30, Oct, 2023 @7:42 AM

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Liberal backbencher Zoe McKenzie says robodebt scheme caused ‘avoidable human suffering’
Victorian MP joins Bridget Archer and Keith Wolahan in criticising Coalition’s Centrelink debt recovery scheme

Paul Karp Chief political correspondent

04, Sep, 2023 @2:36 AM

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Scott Morrison a ‘bottomless well of self-pity’ with no ‘mercy’ for robodebt’s real victims, Bill Shorten says
Minister for government services says ‘real victims are all those Australians who lost trust in government’ due to scheme

Paul Karp Chief political correspondent

01, Aug, 2023 @8:04 AM

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Scott Morrison accuses Labor of campaign of ‘political lynching’ against him on robodebt
Former social services minister and PM tells parliament royal commissioner Catherine Holmes’s findings were ‘unfounded and wrong’

Paul Karp Chief political correspondent

31, Jul, 2023 @8:25 AM

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Senior public servants criticised by robodebt royal commission scrubbed from organisational charts
Lawyer Annette Musolino is on leave, as PM’s department assistant secretary Russell De Burgh is replaced on staff listing

Paul Karp Chief political correspondent

21, Jul, 2023 @3:00 PM

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Senior public servant Kathryn Campbell suspended without pay after robodebt findings
Royal commission found the former head of the Department of Human Services was responsible for department that had established ‘an unlawful program’

Paul Karp , Daniel Hurst and Amy Remeikis

20, Jul, 2023 @12:21 AM

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