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Record payout for victims of 'illegal and immoral' Australian welfare scheme

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Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨Davriellelouna@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨australia@aussie.zone⁩

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyx3jvk4zeo

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  • makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    So nearly 2 billion of our tax payers money gone to settlement, because of the evil monsters that created robodebt.

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    • Ilandar@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      In total, the redress scheme amounts to about $2.4bn. This includes $1.76bn in debts that were wiped and and money given back to victims who paid false debts.

      Thursday’s announcement of an extra $475m in compensation is in addition to the $112m awarded in 2020, meaning a total of $587m.

      Sounds like most of the money was illegal unpaid debt, so to call it taxpayer’s money is not really accurate. No one else should have had a claim to that money in the first place.

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