Victims of the federal government's unlawful robodebt scheme have not received justice and need a royal commission, a parliamentary inquiry has heard.
A royal commission is needed to get to the bottom of the"horrific" robodebt scheme, the Australian Council of Social Service has told a parliamentary inquiry.
"Social security truly is a lifeline and yet robodebt revealed a deep disrespect for people who receive welfare," Ms Crowe told a committee examining the controversial Centrelink debt recovery program. Welfare Rights and Advocacy Service principal solicitor Catherine Eagle said some people still don't know they are owed money.Mothers whose sons took their lives after robodebts detail anguish in heartbreaking letters
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