Another case prepared after first challenger’s debt waived before court proceedings
The government will face a second legal challenge to its controversial welfare debt recovery scheme after the Department of Human Services wiped the robodebt at the centre of the first case.
Guardian Australia revealed in May that the debt of a Melbourne nurse, Madeleine Masterston, had been wiped before proceedings in the federal court. The judge is yet to determine whether the challenge will proceed but the department has argued it no longer has a case to answer.
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