'Bad timing': Services Australia readies debt collection as unemployment remains high

Sarah Basford Canales
Updated December 21 2020 - 7:31am, first published 4:30am
Services Australia deals out $8.25m for external debt collectors amid COVID-19 pandemic. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos
Services Australia deals out $8.25m for external debt collectors amid COVID-19 pandemic. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

Services Australia has dished out $8.25 million to external debt collecting agencies this financial year as it readies the resumption of debt recovery during one of the country's worst health and economic crises.

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Sarah Basford Canales

Sarah Basford Canales

Politics and public sector reporter

I'm a federal politics and public sector reporter with an interest in national security, integrity and regulation. Contact me with general tips and thoughts at sarah.basfordcanales@canberratimes.com.au or confidential tips to sbasfordcanales@protonmail.com.

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