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Michael Tull
Michtull
A reminder that #robodebt was not an accident - it was Mr Morrison’s big play in the 2016 election...#auspol #insiders #Robodebt was central to the Coalitions 2016 election strategy, allowing
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Luke Henriques-Gomes
lukehgomes
Exclusive: Stuart Robert yesterday vowed to continue with the income compliance program. But leaked advice reveals his own agency says it is “no longer viable or cost effective” and should
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Asher Wolf
Asher_Wolf
Robodebt scandal: leak reveals unlawful debts predate 2015 but government has no plans to pay back money https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/may/31/robodebt-scandal-leak-reveals-unlawful-debts-predate-2015-but-government-has-no-
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Asher Wolf
Asher_Wolf
1. ALP didn’t promise to end robodebt pre-election defeat July 2019. They promised to continue robodebt but build a centre for algorithmic fairness. 2. Amato v Commonwealth was the case
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Asher Wolf
Asher_Wolf
Murphy’s piece on robodebt. She’s a great writer, but I hate the angle in this piecehttps://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/nov/30/the-robodebt-horror-was-all-about-boosting-the-budget-thats-the-brutal-truth Murphy queries why the gvt didn’t
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Sophie Trevitt
SophieTrevitt
[BIG THREAD] Announcing #Robodebt refunds late on a Friday after the PM has retreated from his press conference is cynical & lacks accountability. Hundreds of thousands of people have been
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Ingrid M
iMusing
Morrison: “we’re still working through some legal procedures here...”The federal court case was judicial review. A judge reviews the lawfulness of executive government (the bureaucracy) actions. It found there is
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Darren O'Donovan
DarrenODonovan
Disappointed but unsurprised at journalists attempting to contact me positioning inaccurate articles on Bill Shorten, the labour party and #robodebt. This is profoundly misdirected when the personal involvement of the
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Luke Henriques-Gomes
lukehgomes
Watching objectors to the #robodebt settlement today appearing the federal court today. Get the sense this is the only public forum people feel they've had to tell their stories so
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princetongirl818
jenny3864815761
In regards to my first #robodebt of $4524.63 which I paid back in full with help from a friend - I got a phonecall tonight at 6:40pm from Centrelink. Was
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Mark Dreyfus
markdreyfusQCMP
With Scott Morrison, Christian Porter was the architect of the Robodebt extortion racket. Today he claimed the Gov “zeroed the debts” as soon as it learned the scheme was illegal.
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Labor opened concentration camps
AnarchoNina
Hypothetically, if you were a Labor government in 2013 that froze the Medicare rebate, so that it did not increase each year thereafter, that is effectively a cut to Medicare
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Mike Carlton
MikeCarlton01
The truly disgusting, disgraceful thing about the Robodebt theft is the Liberals' arrogant, 'de haut en bas' assumption that it was ordinary, everyday Australians who were ripping off the system.
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Cory Doctorow
doctorow
The Australian government used an automated system to detect "welfare overpayments" from the Centrelink Agency. The system tormented Australia's poorest, most vulnerable people for years by insisting that they had
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Rick Morton
SquigglyRick
Very interesting yarn in @SatPaper tomorrow. Fits a few pieces of the puzzle into place. If you can, might be worth a subscription. And I have MUCH more to come.
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Dominic Mugavin
d_mugavin
Ok, a while ago I promised to donate part of my #Robodebt refund to @AusUnemployment and part to @AntiPovertyN_SA. My refund was $1,237.01. That is to say, the government unlawfully
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