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In australia, we have a recent ‘robodebt’ where Centrelink (welfare) payments were evaluated by a debt recovery system, deeming (MANY) incorrect bills of thousands of tens of thousands.

Suicides happened.

As a result of a royal commission into the legality of the debt recovery scheme, it was deemed illegal, and I think all debts were rescinded. Many people in charge were recommended to be prosecuted by the anti corruption commission within the royal commission, the recommendations were made by (afaik) a Supreme Court judge. The anti corruption commission chose not to prosecute.



Out of all forms of accountability, do you think that would have been the best form if they did prosecute?

Unfortunately i could probably bet that no other form of accountability was pursued


Yes, they absolutely should have been prosecuted.

These people are still around to this day, likely making similarly consequential decisions that affect others with zero accountability.


You may be interested to earmark this for future watching. I think the more mud these people are dragged through the better, given justice has failed the country.

https://www.themandarin.com.au/253449-robodebt-tv-drama-and-...


They had legal advice that what they were doing was not lawful and they did it anyway.

So at scale fraud and gross negligence, for a start. And jail is a perfectly suitable punishment for knowingly sending fraudulent invoices to the most vulnerable people in our country, driving several to suicide.

Instead, they got cushy jobs.




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