Robodebt victims win record $548.5m settlement from government, taking total payout to $2.4bn
by Dan Jervis-Bardy from World news | The Guardian on (#6ZS5C)
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The federal government has agreed to pay $475m in additional compensation to roughly 450,000 victims of the robodebt scandal, in the largest class action settlement in Australian history.
The government announced on Thursday it had agreed to settle Knox v the commonwealth - an appeal from the original 2020 robodebt class action settlement.
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