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Duncan Murray

HISTORICAL FACTS: Department bosses to face robodebt inquiry | History Defined

Dr Goldie says government rhetoric at the time, pressured people to pay robodebts without question. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Welfare advocates say budget-saving measures by successive Liberal governments created an environment where those on social welfare were made to feel like criminals.

Chief executive of the Australian Council of Social Services Dr Cassandra Goldie appeared as a witness before a royal commission into the failed robodebt scheme in Brisbane on Friday.

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