Thread by @SenatorSiewert

The Government must suspend #robodebt during the legal challenge in the Federal Court #centrelink #auspol #greens

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Two years ago I chaired the senate inquiry into the #robodebt debacle and the evidence we heard was both devastating because of the human consequences and gobsmacking in the brazen way the Gov threw out fairness to pick on some of the most vulnerable people #auspol #greens

Since that senate inquiry the Government has tweaked around the edges, but it has not addressed the underlining unfairness of the program and people are still being harassed for money they do not owe and cannot pay #auspol #greens #robodebt #centrelink

We shouldn't be subjecting people on income support to a system with such a huge rate of error. It just wouldn't fly in any other industry but the Gov thinks they can get away with it because in many cases people on income support just don't have the means to question their debt

This has always been about demonising people on income support. It is harassment and intimidation and it has to stop #auspol #greens #centrelink #robodebt

Instead of spending considerable amounts on harassing people on low incomes, its time to raise #Newstart and Youth Allowance, it's been 25 years without a real increase #auspol #greens #centrelink #robodebt