A letter asking for a fee of $1.8 billion to cowl the compensation prices of Robodebt victims has unintentionally been despatched to former PM Scott Morrison. Regardless of the ‘administration’ error, he’ll nonetheless have to pay the invoice.
In an announcement immediately, a spokesperson from the Authorities refused to apologise to Morrison, saying the debt notices have been robotically generated based mostly on a posh mathematical algorithm that was out of their palms. “This has obtained nothing to do with us. The machine works out the place to ship these letters, and as soon as they’re despatched we are able to’t retract them. Cost will likely be required inside 60 days, or additional fines will apply”.
To keep away from the fee, the onus will likely be on Morrison to show that he’s not accountable for the invoice, which consultants say is not going to be attainable.
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