Government 'knew robodebt was illegal': emails

Rebecca Gredley

Feb 6, 2020 – 5.24pm

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The federal government was told its so-called robodebt welfare recovery system was illegal, internal emails show.

The emails between senior bureaucrats released to a Senate inquiry reveal discussions from late November on the day the system was scaled back.

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