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In a brief hearing in the federal court in melbourne on monday, lawyers for centrelink recipients who had been forced to pay back money under the unlawful scheme said the parties had. Former labour party leader bill shorten, alongside legal firm gordon legal, is calling on the government to suspend the controversial the system, which has the government at the centre of extortion claims, has been heavily criticised for chasing 'illegal' centrelink debts that were. Class action law firm gordon legal and shadow minister for government services bill shorten in 2019 announced they would launch a class action against the debt recovery scheme.
The federal government plans to refund more than 400,000 centrelink debts as part of a looming class action against the controversial robodebt scheme.
The action, initiated by law firm gordon legal, is challenging the government's use of a flawed calculation system to unlawfully take back tens of millions of dollars. The federal government has settled a class action over its unlawful robodebt scheme for $112 million. In a brief hearing in the federal court in melbourne on monday, lawyers for centrelink recipients who had been forced to pay back money under the unlawful scheme said the parties had. Gordon legal said on friday it was experiencing an unprecedented number of calls from thousands of people.