Centrelink accused of issuing $14,500 robodebt to pensioner with intellectual impairment

Inquiry hears Paul received no support from Centrelink to deal with the alleged overpayment

Centrelink issued a $14,500 robodebt to a disability pensioner with an intellectual impairment and then failed to offer him support to deal with the alleged overpayment, a Senate inquiry has heard.

Katherine Boyle, the executive director of the Welfare Rights Centre, told a hearing into the controversial debt recovery scheme on Thursday that her organisation was helping the man to challenge the debt after being contacted by his mother.

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