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Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison apologises for 'any hurt or harm' caused by robodebt scheme

Posted by Algernon_Asimov
Tags: australia, politics, welfare, centrelink, robodebt, scott morrison, prime ministers, author.georgia hitch, source.abc
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-06-11/pm-apologises-for-hurt-and-harm-caused-robodebt-scheme/12345166

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Title
Woman whose son took his own life says PM's robodebt apology 'can't make up for what I've lost'
Published
Jun 11 2020
Word count
650 words

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    MimicSquid
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    It's funny how whenever something is done that's cruel or wrong there's always an apology, but that apology never goes so far as to actually attempt to address the wrongs that were committed. Over...

    It's funny how whenever something is done that's cruel or wrong there's always an apology, but that apology never goes so far as to actually attempt to address the wrongs that were committed. Over and over again the powerful apologize, but it's just words. Never money, never freedom, never compensation. Only words. What good are the words, when that's as far as it goes?

    4 votes
    1. Algernon_Asimov
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      The government is repaying the "debt" money it collected. And it's about to face a class action in court, which may result in compensation being paid. And the upcoming has nothing at all to do...

      Never money, never freedom, never compensation.

      The government is repaying the "debt" money it collected. And it's about to face a class action in court, which may result in compensation being paid.

      And the upcoming has nothing at all to do with the government backing down! Never. No way. The fact that it ended the robodebt program when the class action was announced was purely coincidental. The fact that it agreed to repay the money in the weeks before the class action goes to court is also purely coincidental.

      3 votes