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Kat Wong

THE TRUTH ABOUT: Staffing boost returns humans to centrelink services - Caught on Camera

Extra frontline staff at Medicare and Centrelink will help reduce call wait times. (Darren England/AAP PHOTOS)

Thousands of Centrelink and Medicare staff are being recruited in a bid to shorten call wait times and provide better customer service.

The federal government will hire 3000 new recruits to Services Australia's frontline as part of their efforts to implement recommendations from the robodebt royal commission. 

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