Bill Shorten (Maribyrnong, Australian Labor Party, Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme) Share this | Hansard source

The member for Fadden got up and said that I was wrong and that it wasn't a robodebt and that it was not part of the robodebt cohort. Following his intervention last Wednesday, I contacted the department. I set the record straight. In May 2019, a Check and Update Past Information review was commenced in relation to Mr Madgwick to resolve a discrepancy. CUPI was the last system and business process iteration of the robodebt scheme, which was called the Income Compliance Program by the then Department of Human Services. Since the member for Fadden's misrepresentation, I have received advice from Services Australia that specifically says about Mr Madgwick's debt notice, which triggered him to take his own life, 'The debt was raised as a result of an income compliance review that was undertaken by part of the robodebt scheme.'

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