Robodebt went ahead, despite legal doubts, after earning Scott Morrison’s backing, inquiry hears
by Luke Henriques-Gomes Social affairs and inequality from World news | The Guardian on (#65C2B)
The then social services minister wanted Centrelink debt recovery proposal worked up for 2015 budget process, royal commission told
The social services department received catastrophic" draft legal advice warning the robodebt scheme was unlawful from a top private law firm in 2018, a royal commission has heard.
The inquiry is investigating the failed debt recovery scheme, which ran from July 2015 until November 2019 and culminated in a $1.8bn settlement covering hundreds of thousands of people issued unlawful Centrelink debts.
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