Disclosable, but not Necessarily Fatal? Welfare Overpayments in the Uncertain Landscape of Fitness for Practice
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6174141 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mark Thomas (0000-0002-4782-4475, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Publication date | 2017-09-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | University of New South Wales Law Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0313-0096 • E-ISSN: 1839-2881 |
| Publisher | University of New South Wales Law Journal (PUBLISHER • AU) |
| DOI | 10.53637/lrvr9162 |
| OpenAlex | W2770966773 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
Recently, media reports and a Senate Inquiry raised the issue of widespread errors by Centrelink in sending out μdebt recovery’ letters to recipients of social security benefits alleging overpayments. Even in the absence of automated systems, overpayments arise under a wide range of circumstances in relation to welfare benefits accessed by students either before or during the course of study, ranging from administrative errors by Centrelink to calculated fraud by the recipient. Most overpayments exist against a background of financial hardship or troubled personal circumstances
Actuarial science · Business · Debt · Political science · Project commissioning · Publishing · Social security · Welfare · Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis · Law · Finance
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |