Rhys Cauzzo took his life on 26 January 2017 while facing Centrelink debts worth about $17,000. His mother, Jennifer Miller, has since “persisted” to obtain answers from various government agencies about the circumstances surrounding her son’s debt, including writing to the former human services minister Alan Tudge, whose response said his department had acted appropriately in the case with only some “minor” errors.
But, until today, Miller was stonewalled at every turn, she has told in inquiry into the scheme.