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Robodebt scheme 'set off alarm bells from the get-go', inquiry hears

A key critic of Robodebt has told the royal commission the controversial scheme's central method lacked "simple mathematics".

Emeritus Professor Terry Carney told the inquiry he was sceptical about the then-Coalition government's now-defunct debt recovery scheme from the "get-go".

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