robo-debt

English

Alternative forms
  • robodebt

Etymology

robo- +‎ debt

Noun

robo-debt (uncountable)

  1. (chiefly Australia, colloquial) An automated process of debt recovery, especially that employed by Centrelink.
    • 2019 September 17, Helen Hodgson, Robo-debt is only one way government stigmatises claimants‎, in The Conversation:
      Despite, or perhaps because of, the problems that emerged with the first iteration of robo-debt, the government has stepped up its reliance on data matching.
    • 2017 January 13, Justin Warren, “The atmospherics of the Centrelink robo-debt debacle”, in EigenMagic
      If DHS actually paid people the money it owes them, the savings from this robo-debt fiasco would be reduced down to under $1 billion.

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