The federal government has reached a $475 million compensation settlement in an appeal case from the Robodebt class action.
The settlement of the appeal, which is still to be approved by the federal court, would be the largest class action settlement in Australian history.
It is for compensation for the harm caused by the Robodebt scheme, which was found to have been illegal. The scheme and the ministers and public servants involved in it were strongly condemned by a royal commission set up by the Labor government. Robodebt ran between 2015 and 2019.
