Welfare recipients won't find out about robodebt refund until new year

Department officials refuse to provide estimate or running total of the unlawfully calculated debts

The 734,000 welfare recipients who have received robodebt notices will have to wait until the new year to discover if they are entitled to refunds because debts were unlawfully calculated using income-averaging.

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