What is robodebt ? When was it introduced and what did it do ?
▻https://www.crikey.com.au/2020/06/03/what-is-robodebt-what-happens-if-you-are-overpaid-by-centrelink
There are many questions about the government’s controversial robodebt scheme. Let’s start with what it actually is. Robodebt is the common name given to the Online Compliance Intervention, an automated debt recovery program that was introduced by the federal government in mid-2016. The robodebt system was originally introduced in an attempt to ensure recipients of Centrelink benefits were not under-reporting their income and, as a result, over-receiving welfare payments. The Department of (...)
