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The Federal Court approves a $112 million settlement for the failures of the Robodebt system (Prygodicz v Commonwealth (No 2) [2021] FCA 634)

Human Rights Law Centre · 2021

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2026-09-01
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Case summary: scheme operated from about 1 July 2015 to November 2019; settlement approved 11 June 2021.

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EstablishedAustralia's Robodebt scheme raised welfare debts by averaging annual tax income from about July 2015 to November 2019; the Commonwealth conceded that debts based solely on income averaging lacked a proper legal basis, the Federal Court approved a class-action settlement on 11 June 2021, and a Royal Commission reported on 7 July 2023.