Use of debt collectors cut for social welfare payments
Debt collectors will no longer be used to recover welfare overpayments, which will instead be handled in-house by...
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Debt collectors will no longer be used to recover welfare overpayments, which will instead be handled in-house by...
Debt collectors will no longer be used to recover welfare overpayments, which will instead be handled in-house by...
Welfare recipients owing debts will no longer be pursued by third-party debt collectors, with the process to be handled by the department in charge of payments.
News by Anthony Keane Premium Content  Australians who owe billions of dollars to Centrelink are being asked to restart their debt repayments. Centrelink's COVID-related national debt pause is now over, and Services Australia says from today it is contacting people who have been overpaid, after freezing 1.3 million debts totalling $4.5 billion last year. Services Australia general manager Hank Jongen said people could expect to receive a letter in the mail or via myGov. "From the start of February we'll begin contacting people who owe money to let t...
News by Anthony Keane Premium Content  Australians who owe billions of dollars to Centrelink are being asked to restart their debt repayments. Centrelink's COVID-related national debt pause is now over, and Services Australia says from today it is contacting people who have been overpaid, after freezing 1.3 million debts totalling $4.5 billion last year. Services Australia general manager Hank Jongen said people could expect to receive a letter in the mail or via myGov. "From the start of February we'll begin contacting people who owe money to let t...