Dutch government shows real leadership
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January 16, 2021 — 10.00pm
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Australia’s own scandal along these lines was perpetrated by the Morrison government (the so-called robo-debt scheme) – a scheme to claw back hundreds of millions of dollars from tens of thousands of impoverished Australian citizens.
After refuting the obvious for years, a full-scale investigation showed that robo-debt was a farce that devastated the lives of thousands of hapless Australians and the government is now committed to reimbursing those unfortunates hundreds of millions of dollars.