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Welfare

‘Strengthening the integrity’

Unmasking the mendacity of Robodebt
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January–February 2025, no. 472

Mean Streak by Rick Morton

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Welfare

‘Strengthening the integrity’

Unmasking the mendacity of Robodebt
by •
January–February 2025, no. 472

The colloquial term ‘robodebt’ had emerged online by early 2017. It is now used to refer to several iterations of mostly automated compliance programs targeting former and current social security recipients, overseen by the then federal Department of Human Services, which pursued alleged overpayments of social security moneys.

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Eve Vincent

Eve Vincent is an associate professor of anthropology at Macquarie University. Her books include Who Cares? Life on welfare in Australia (MUP, 2023).

Mean Streak

Mean Streak

by Rick Morton

Fourth Estate, $35.99 pb, 498 pp

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Comments (2)

  • I look forward to hearing Rick Morton speak about this at Adelaide Writers Week.
    Posted by Kathleen O’Hare
    03 February 2025
  • Dostoevsky's notion that we save our greatest contempt for the weak comes to mind.
    Posted by Patrick Hockey
    11 January 2025