Queenslanders have been urged to carefully check unexpected debt letters from Centrelink and other government agencies.
A 9NEWS investigation has uncovered a string of alarming errors as frustrated families are accused of owing thousands of dollars.
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The Independent Member for Denison, Andrew Wilkie, this morning introduced a Private Member’s Bill that would ensure Centrelink cannot make automatic deductions from a person’s payment to settle a debt while the person is appealing that debt.
Rachel has called on the government to end Centrelink's flawed debt recovery processes after a series of errors have led to thousands of incorrect debt notices being send to some of the most vulnerable members of my community.
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The Commonwealth public service is trying to "bully" Centrelink workers into staying silent on the government's "robo-debt" debacle, according to an independent federal MP.
Centrelink has admitted its review system to dispute debts is too slow to save people from false debts, taking an average of 49 days to resolve despite debts being due within 28 days.
Centrelink's #NotMyDebt debacle has dominated the news cycle in 2017, with thousands of clients left extremely frustrated by demands to repay disputed debts after a breakdown in the service chain.
The Australian Government just released this ad about it's Centrelink (social security) shitstorm, and it's surprisingly honest and informative. #NotMyDebt
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Labor calls for an investigation into Centrelink’s debt recovery scheme, calling it a disaster… but the government stands firm
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Centrelink's contentious debt recovery system is making some of the targeted people feel suicidal, independent MP Andrew Wilkie has claimed, as the furore over the clawback persists despite the government's insistence it is working exceptionally well.
The Tasmanian MP said the Commonwealth Ombudsman had agreed to his request to look into the matter.
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Watch a video of Michael Griffin's meticulously documented, step-by-step, on how the system wrongly deemed him to have a $3,197 debt.
