Abstract
The controversial Centrelink debt recovery system shifts the onus of proof about apparent debts onto disadvantaged and vulnerable people.
The automated system uses matching data from various government agencies to generate letters to those receiving, or who have received, Centrelink payments, claiming they owe the government money. People then only have a few weeks to respond to matters that may go back years.
The debt recovery system could hardly have been better designed to create conditions that cause chronic stress...
The automated system uses matching data from various government agencies to generate letters to those receiving, or who have received, Centrelink payments, claiming they owe the government money. People then only have a few weeks to respond to matters that may go back years.
The debt recovery system could hardly have been better designed to create conditions that cause chronic stress...
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Specialist publication | The Conversation |
| Publisher | The Conversation (Aust.) |
| Publication status | Published - 24 Jan 2017 |
Keywords
- Centrelink
- Social security
- debt recovery
- mental health
