The federal government had to refund millions in debts wrongly collected from 381,000 people, as well as settle a class action case. robodebt auspol
A royal commission into the robodebt scandal will begin by the end of the year if the opposition wins the May 21 election, Labor frontbencher Bill Shorten has pledged.
The opposition’s spokesman on government services Bill Shorten said there were still questions that needed to be answered.The scheme put the onus on those receiving Centrelink to prove that they didn’t owe the debt. In many instances people were falsely accused of owing debts. And it paid $1.8 billion to settle a class action brought against by victims of the scheme but set aside just $112 million in compensation which equates to less than $300 per person affected.
The commission would examine who was responsible for establishing the scheme, how it was created and the handling of complaints and how much the scheme ended up costing taxpayers.“Robodebt was a human tragedy, wrought by this government ... it caused untold misery,” he said in a statement.
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