6 January 2017
SkyNews
Labor has been critical of Centrelink faults, with frontbencher Anthony Albanese saying the government is 'callous' for hounding a Sydney cancer survivor over a false Centrelink debt.
Mr Albanese's constituent Tony Barber got a debt-recovery notice for $4500 dating back to his recovery after chemotherapy.
The welfare agency's letter plunged the 29-year-old Sydney man into stress as it told him it was his responsibility to provide evidence of work and welfare payments from six years ago while he was fighting for his life.
Mr Barber is among many welfare recipients who have received erroneous debt recovery notices from Centrelink over the Christmas and New Year period.
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