The government will repay interest and collection fees. What it hasn’t agreed to, yet, is the payment of damages.
- Emeritus Professor of Law, University of Sydney
The Commonwealth has conceded that its program of automatic debt collection was unlawful. It’ll probably have to pay the money back.
The government’s claim that its automated debt notice system is legal has never been tested in open court.
Beware the airy promise of cutting red tape and saving billions. They might come for you in a way you that hurts.
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