Centrelink outside the law on robo-debt recovery

By Noel Towell
Updated March 2 2017 - 2:34pm, first published February 28 2017 - 9:10am
Financial councellor David Tennant: Centrelink robo-debt victims are denied the protections of basic consumer laws. Photo: Holly Treadaway
Financial councellor David Tennant: Centrelink robo-debt victims are denied the protections of basic consumer laws. Photo: Holly Treadaway

People pursued by Centrelink over its controversial "robo-debts" are being denied the protection of Australian consumer law, a Parliamentary inquiry has been told.