Robodebt Proposals Created Amid ‘Pressure’

Robodebt Proposals Created Amid ‘Pressure’
A man walks into a Medicare and Centrelink office at Bondi Junction in Sydney, Australia, on March 21, 2016. Matt King/Getty Images
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A senior public servant has rejected a controversial income averaging process that was fundamental to proposals for the now-defunct robodebt recovery scheme amid “relentless” departmental pressure at the time.

A royal commission, sitting in Brisbane, is probing how the automated robodebt scheme went ahead despite federal government departments knowing the calculation method was unlawful.