The Department has admitted to many thousands of unlawful cancellations. The last Ombudsman report also indicated large numbers of incorrect payment suspensions
The government just said on the radio that these victims of UNLAWFUL punishments should join their "lived experience panel". I stg
Jeremy Poxon
DEWR got grilled in estimates earlier about the mutual obligations scandal
"Under 42AM there could be up to 310k people affected [by unlawful payment cancellations]. What's your estimate?"
Department: "It is in the vicinity of that"