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Debt pause comes after watchdog found historical ‘income apportionment’ method breached social security law
Services Australia has paused repayments on thousands of potentially unlawful welfare debts but has warned income support recipients it’s too early to say if their debts will be waived.
In August the commonwealth ombudsman revealed that up to 100,000 debts or potential debts were incorrectly calculated over two decades by “unlawfully apportioning” welfare recipients’ income.
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