Centrelink debt recovery saga hits people with disabilities

By Doug Dingwall
Updated March 31 2017 - 2:53pm, first published 2:41pm

Centrelink has demanded payments of more than $10,000 from people with disabilities using its controversial automated debt recovery methods, causing distress and adding to financial pressure on families, a parliamentary inquiry into the "robo-debt" saga has heard.

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