Centrepay report that found major failings ‘ignored’ by successive Coalition governments, author says
by Christopher Knaus and Lorena Allam from World news | The Guardian on (#6PS16)
Advocate Anna Buduls AO says her 2013 report, which found major failings with the controversial Centrepay debt recovery system, was mostly forgotten about
A government-appointed reviewer who warned the government of serious problems with its Centrepay debt recovery system 11 years ago says her report was mostly buried" and ignored and has expressed huge sadness" that people continued to suffer.
Anna Buduls was tasked by the Gillard government in 2012 to review the controversial system. She recommended a significant overhaul of the system to stop the exploitation of financially vulnerable people by some unscrupulous operators".
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