Government ignored warnings more than 100 companies may be misusing Centrepay scheme, Asic says
by Lorena Allam and Christopher Knaus from World news | The Guardian on (#6KVHD)
Services Australia's failure to act inexcusable' and urgent action needed to help people struggling to get by, senators say
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The corporate regulator repeatedly warned Services Australia that it should review and consider removing more than 100 companies from a government-run debit scheme that allows early access to welfare payments.
But it said its attempts to sound the alarm about potential misuse of the scheme have had no impact.
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