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Centrelink debt debacle is bad policy for mental health

  • Written by Matt Fisher, Research Fellow in social determinants of health, Flinders University
imageThe threat of Centrelink debt is one more stressor on already vulnerable people.from www.shutterstock.com

The controversial Centrelink debt recovery system shifts the onus of proof about apparent debts onto disadvantaged and vulnerable people.

The automated system uses matching data from various government agencies to generate letters to those...

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