NEWS.com.au | Centrelink's 'aggressive' debt collection tactics under fire in a Senate inquiry NEWS.com.au ALMOST 85,000 welfare recipients were forced to repay Centrelink debts in the two months leading up to Christmas, new figures show. Department of Human Services secretary Kathryn Campbell defended the need to call in debts over the Christmas period ... Centrelink: Tax office says it cannot be blamed for automated debt recovery system's failings Centrelink robo-debt program creating a 'climate of fear' Department tells Senate inquiry Centrelink's robo-debt scheme should stay |