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Robo-debt report cold comfort for victim wrongly charged $65k

The end of at least three political careers involved in the “illegal and shameful” robo-debt scheme will bring cold comfort for Rosemary Gay, whose life was turned upside by a letter in the mail.

The piece of paper, dated October 12, 2016, said she, then a 70-year-old still working three days a week, and therefore losing part of her pension, owed the federal government $64,998.17 within 28 days.

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Gus McCubbing is a journalist at the Australian Financial Review in Melbourne. Connect with Gus on Twitter. Email Gus at gus.mccubbing@afr.com

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