For years the Government defended its controversial program to claw back one and half billion dollars worth of welfare payments. Now it will repay $720 million to many of those who received so-called #robodebts. #abc730 @FarrellPF
Disability pensioner Tim Cahalan received a debt notice for almost $3,000 last year. His mother Penny Cahalan told 7.30, “They are targeting a very vulnerable group who often don't have the ability to stand up to this kind of bullying.” #abc730
The Government is facing a class action over the robodebt scheme, seeking damages on behalf of hundreds of thousands of people. It’s worried any apology could be used against it in court. #abc730
“If it is prepared to offer a genuine and proper apology to everyone whose lives have been so severely affected by the flawed & unlawful Robodebt scheme we will undertake not to use that apology, or the fact of that apology, in the litigation.” – Peter Gordon, class action lawyer
“It isn’t just the debt that they raised, it’s the way they handled it.” - Penny Cahalan. #abc730
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