The Australian government will pay an extra A$475m (£240m) to people harmed by the country’s unlawful “Robodebt” welfare scheme, bringing the total compensation package to the largest in the nation’s history.
The settlement, announced on Thursday by attorney general Michelle Rowland, follows revelations from a royal commission that officials in the former Liberal-National coalition government pressed ahead with the automated debt recovery system despite knowing it was unlawful.
