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Kat Wong and Tess Ikonomou

YOU WONT BELIEVE: New powers to strengthen robodebt investigations - You Need To See This

The robodebt program recovered more than $750 million from almost 400,000 people. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS)

Senior officials involved in the illegal robodebt scheme could be investigated as the federal government moves to assure victims there will be justice.

Between 2015 and 2019, the government's botched scheme automatically used annual tax office data to calculate average earnings and issue debt notices.

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