'Not reasonable or fair' Ombudsman slams Centrelink's robo-debt scheme

By Noel Towell and Amy Remeikis
Updated April 24 2018 - 9:27pm, first published April 10 2017 - 8:29pm

Centrelink's demands on former welfare recipients targeted by its "robo-debt" program were neither "reasonable" nor 'fair", the Commonwealth Ombudsman has found.

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