The robodebt royal commission, which handed down its findings on Friday, July 7, has dominated headlines all week.
Such a reaction to the commission’s findings was perfectly foreseeable: Despite its illegality, from the moment of its inception in 2015, the scheme sent out more than 400,000 unlawful debt notices to Australian welfare recipients.
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