Government backs down on flawed Robodebt scheme, page-3

This may not end well for the Morrison Government. It's not a stretch to say that criminal charges could be laid against some of the people who created fake robodebts targeting the poor.

The federal government gave the task of creating robodebt demands to two private companies. Company employees created those claims based on an average three minute examination averaging income, and were awarded bonuses for claiming the most debt from welfare recipients.

One problem though. Creating a debt by averaging income, with no other check, is illegal. This has been known for at least two years. A recent full federal court case Shord v Commissioner of Taxation for the proposition that a breach of the relevant legislation may result in professional misconduct proceedings, contempt or criminal sanctions.

So the federal government has been sending out tens of thousands of illegal claims for money, knowing they're illegal.

In a civilised society people go to prison for that.