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Lucinda Garbutt-Young

EXPLAINED: Australias biggest class action settlement approved | Vintage Vibes

Katherine Prygodicz led the class action after twice being chased for a debt of more than $14,000. (Darren England/AAP PHOTOS)

Australia's biggest class action settlement in history will be paid out to victims of the government's robodebt scheme after a lengthy court approval process.

About 125,000 registered claimants who were affected by the federal government's unlawful debt collection method will receive $475 million in compensation between them.

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