Robodebt: Record payout for 'illegal' Australian welfare scheme victims
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Hundreds of thousands of Australians were forced to repay debts, many of which did not even exist.
  • makingStuffForFun@lemmy.mlEnglish
    5·
    15 days ago

    So nearly 2 billion of our tax payers money gone to settlement, because of the evil monsters that created robodebt.

    • Ilandar@lemmy.todayEnglish
      2·
      15 days ago

      In total, the redress scheme amounts to about $2.4bn. This includes $1.76bn in debts that were wiped and and money given back to victims who paid false debts.

      Thursday’s announcement of an extra $475m in compensation is in addition to the $112m awarded in 2020, meaning a total of $587m.

      Sounds like most of the money was illegal unpaid debt, so to call it taxpayer’s money is not really accurate. No one else should have had a claim to that money in the first place.