Opinion
Putting extra demands on already stressed unemployed could affect their mental health – and the government knows it. New, tighter rules show it has learned nothing from the robo-debt debacle, argues Peter Martin.
Opinion
The Morrison Government’s stricter rules demanding five job searches a week not only affect the unemployed, but employers who will have to deal with millions more applications a month, argues Rachel Siewert.
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Prime Minister Scott Morrison – who was social services minister when the robo-debt scheme was conceived and as treasurer touted the billions of dollars it was supposed to rake in – has denied responsibility for the welfare debacle which has resulted in a $1.2 billion class action settlement.
Government Services Minister Stuart Robert has claimed credit for ending the catastrophic robodebt scheme, after the government agreed to settle a $1.2 billion class action and compensate 400,000 Australians over the unlawful welfare debt recovery program.
The federal government’s illegal welfare debt recovery program was a policy fiasco that has cost taxpayers $1.2 billion and caused immeasurable stress and damage to hundreds of thousands of welfare recipients, argues Peter Whiteford.
Australians who had money taken from them unlawfully in the Federal Government’s robodebt saga will receive more than $1.2 billion in compensation.
For months, InDaily has been contacted by people across the country, sharing their stories of trying to navigate and live within the welfare system.
