Albanese government axing external debt collectors in bid to prevent another robodebt
by Paul Karp from on (#6AQGJ)
Welfare debt reform means citizens are no longer guilty until proven innocent', says government services minister Bill Shorten
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External debt collectors will no longer be used by the Albanese government as part of a pledge to ensure robodebt never happens again, the government services minister, Bill Shorten, has said.
Shorten announced on Thursday that all debt recovery will be done in-house through Services Australia, to spare welfare recipients the unfettered cruelty" unleashed by the former Coalition government.
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