200,000 Outstanding Robodebts Will Finally Be Wiped After Years Of Cruelty And 2000 Deaths

Almost 200,000 outstanding robodebts will finally be wiped by the Federal Government two years after the Coalition Government agreed to settle a $1.2 billion lawsuit over the absolutely fucked scheme. Robodebt, or automated debt recovery, is currently the subject of a royal commission investigation. The data-matching system was basically a bunch of unchecked algorithms that attempted to calculate the income of Centrelink applicants by averaging their Australian Tax Office data. Those averages were then compared to the Centrelink applicants’ self-reported incomes and wrongly pursued thousands of Australians for the outstanding difference — debts they didn’t actually owe. That scheme was suspended in 2019 when a class action was brought against the Commonwealth. The government refunded any debts that were paid — about $720 million — and agreed to a $1.2 billion settlement

Amanda Rishworth

“The Robodebt fiasco is something that should be of deep concern to all Australians,” Rishworth said.

“It was meant to save money. However, we know it had a significant human cost.

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