#homage To honour and respect all victims of #Robodebt Quoting directly from the Royal Commission Report until all Recommendations are implemented. Victims of #Robodebt must not be forgotten. Volume 2 Thread 384 Chapter 9: 2019 – The end of Robodebt 1/ - ThreadSky

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To honour and respect all victims of #Robodebt

Quoting directly from the Royal Commission Report until all Recommendations are implemented.

Victims of #Robodebt must not be forgotten.

Volume 2 Thread 384

Chapter 9: 2019 – The end of Robodebt 1/

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nancycato.bsky.social•5 days ago

2/ Subheading ‘11: The end of the Robodebt scheme’

nancycato.bsky.social•5 days ago

3/ ‘The cessation of averaging in November 2019 represented the beginning of the end for the Scheme. On 19 November 2019, the day on which Mr Robert announced that debts would no longer be raised solely on the basis of income averaging,...

nancycato.bsky.social•5 days ago

4/ ‘...a class action, Prygodicz v Commonwealth of Australia, was commenced, seeking various forms of relief in respect of debts raised unlawfully under the Scheme.'

nancycato.bsky.social•5 days ago

5/ ‘The Government made efforts to “investigate a replacement policy for Robodebt.” Mr Robert and others considered whether “other forms of data [could be used] to meet the threshold of sufficiency to raise a debt.” This work proved unsuccessful.'

nancycato.bsky.social•5 days ago

6/ ‘In February 2020, the Government commenced work “to design a solution to refund debts [raised under the Scheme] via the MyGov platform.” '

nancycato.bsky.social•5 days ago

7/ ‘On 22 May 2020, the Solicitor-General gave his opinion that the Commonwealth was bound to fail in defending a claim for unjust enrichment made in the class action. On 29 May 2020, Mr Robert announced that Services Australia would refund all repayments…

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