robo-debt
English
Alternative forms
- robodebt
Etymology
robo- + debt
Noun
robo-debt (uncountable)
- (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 Independent Australia
- 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.
- 2019 September 17, Helen Hodgson, “Robo-debt is only one way government stigmatises claimants”, in The Conversation