The People vs Robodebt ★★★★★

However much you might think you know about the robo-debt scandal , there’s so much more to be learnt via this horrifying documentary series. In turns bewildering, infuriating, and tragic, The People vs Robodebt is a thorough first draft that dissects a shameful event in Australia’s history. A 2016 automated program that was unlawful and untested was set onto Centrelink welfare recipients by the Department of Human Services, creating incorrect debt notices and a punishing burden for about 400,000 Australians. Countless victims were irreparably damaged; some took their lives.

As Colleen Taylor, a veteran public servant who tried to alert her superiors to the grave failings of the program and was rebuffed, puts it: Centrelink became “Australia’s largest cr

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