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James Robertson

Robodebt failings not his responsibility, Alan Tudge says

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When reports emerged that a young man had taken his life after being chased to repay a Centrelink robodebt based on a mathematical error, former minister Alan Tudge ordered an investigation.

But rather than inquire into whether the pursuit of the wrongly calculated debt had contributed to a man’s death, public servants were told the minister’s office was instead after a one-sentence summary.

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