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Maeve Bannister

'Bizarre' debt notices flagged by Centrelink employees

Centrelink employees were told "over and over" the robodebt system was working as intended when they raised concerns, a royal commission has heard.

On the penultimate day of public hearings, the commission heard from two Centrelink employees who worked with customers affected by robodebt.

The unlawful scheme ran from 2015 to 2019 when averaged tax office data was used to calculate welfare debts.

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