Labor Promises Robodebt Royal Commission

Labor Promises Robodebt Royal Commission
Australian Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese speaks to the media during a press conference on April 17, 2022. AAP Image/Lukas Coch
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Australian Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese says a Labor government would set up a royal commission, the country’s highest form of public inquiry, into the unlawful Robodebt scheme, which he describes as a “human tragedy.”

The automated matching of tax and Centrelink data to raise debts against welfare recipients, for money the coalition Liberal-Nationals government claimed to have overpaid, was ruled unlawful in 2019.