Robodebt victims win record $548.5m settlement from government, taking total payout to $2.4bn

Published on September 4, 2025 at 06:08 AM
Robodebt victims win record $548.5m settlement from government, taking total payout to $2.4bn

Labor attorney general says settling appeal right thing to do after Coalition’s ‘disastrous’ automated Centrelink debt recovery scheme

The federal government has agreed to pay $475m in additional compensation to roughly 450,000 victims of the robodebt scandal, in the largest class action settlement in Australian history.

The government announced on Thursday it had agreed to settle Knox v the commonwealth – an appeal from the original 2020 robodebt class action settlement.

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