Hundreds of thousands of Australians were shocked to receive letters from Centrelink telling them they owed the government money under a scheme known as Robodebt. But the scheme was a major blunder of public administration, and led to hundreds of millions of dollars being repaid. This week a royal commission begins its examination of the fiasco. Paul Farrell reports.
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