Why stop digging when we've only just started?
Australia's Human Services Minister Alan Tudge has finally weighed in on the country's Centrelink debacle, having returned from holidays with a sheet full of talking points.
Speaking to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, the minister denied there was any problem, said he wasn't aware of the system creating any false debts, and denied that anybody has been asked to pay back debts they don't owe.
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Those hit with the bills can, as Tudge stated, challenge them – but they're expected to pay up first, collect evidence like payslips to prove when they were and were not working, and use either the MyGov portal or contact a short-scaled call centre.
Tudge also threw shade on former Digital Transformation Office czar Paul Shetler. Last week, Shetler criticised the government over Centrelink, to which Tudge has responded that the former-disruptor had nothing to do with Centrelink.