‘A shameful chapter’: how Australia’s robodebt saga was allowed to unfold

Bombshell legal advice finally revealed this week was initially dismissed, discarded or overruled. The consequences for many have been tragic

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When Cameron Brown learned of an idea to tighten Centrelink welfare debt collection in late 2014, he was “almost immediately” concerned.

It was around the same time copyright holders had been sending so-called “speculative invoices” on a mass scale to people who may have illegally downloaded films – the so-called Dallas Buyers Club saga.

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Law (Australia) | The Guardian