Hundreds of thousands of debts to be reviewed, but many will miss out

Sally Whyte
Updated November 20 2019 - 7:49am, first published 7:46am
Minister for Government Services Stuart Robert didn't apologise for the robodebt system. Picture: Alex Ellinghausen
Minister for Government Services Stuart Robert didn't apologise for the robodebt system. Picture: Alex Ellinghausen

Hundreds of thousands of Centrelink "robodebts" are set to be reviewed by the Department of Human Services after the government backed away from a key element of its automated debt recovery program.

Sally Whyte

Sally Whyte

Federal Politics Reporter

I report on a range of issues in federal politics and the public service, with a real passion for how decisions made in Canberra affect the lives of Australians.

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