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How Sydney Uni behavioural boffins tried to improve robo-debt letters
Myriam RobinRear Window editorWhen embarking on the program of mass speculative invoicing that came to be known as the robo-debt scheme, bureaucrats at the Department of Human Services seem to have done all they could to avoid receiving or considering legal advice.
Mind you, the department did seek some professional input. And from the University of Sydney, no less.
The University of Sydney was given a chance to respond to questions before this piece was published, which it did not do. After publication, it sent along a statement saying that “the proposed study was not carried out – therefore no ethics approval was required and no report or findings was ever generated or provided to government”. The piece above has been amended in light of this.
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