11 January 2017
Mercury
It appears it will be some time before anyone from Centrelink or the Turnbull Government admits it, but Centrelink’s effort to recover “debt” from tens of thousands of welfare recipients has been poorly conceived and executed.
Despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary, Human Services Minister Alan Tudge was yesterday continuing to insist that “the system is working”.
The system is not working. The Government will ignore the public outcry at its peril.
It is therefore a terrible time for Centrelink to cut back on frontline services in the community.
News that the number of frontline staff at the agency’s Huonville office has been cut from two to one — after being reduced from six some years back — is difficult to understand.
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