Beware #Centrepay

Many organisations have attempted to coerce me into it

Guaranteed access to YOUR WELFARE FUNDS

I had my entire payment taken in error by a power company

#auspol #CrisisInSocialCare #Centrepay #ServicesAustralia
#PrivatisedCare
#NeglectByDesign

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Australian debt collection giant will cease to exist after claims it dodged its own blacklisting Panthera’s new owners will seek to take a ‘strong moral and ethical focus, based on robust corporate social responsibility’

Phoenix, sell, merge, absorbs, call it what you like. In Australia you can ignore laws, steal from people, harass and intimidate, even when you lose you licence to operate.
Extortion is profitable for private and Government as seen with #Robodebt and #centrePay.
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@ACOSS: #Centrepay was intended to help people receiving income support meet basic costs but has been used by predatory companies to exploit people. We welcome the government's reforms that will help put a stop to exploitation through Centrepay.
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Regulator may take action against three energy retailers over alleged misuse of Centrepay system Australian Energy Regulator weighs up enforcement options against AGL, Origin and Ergon Energy after landmark court win

“#FederalCourt found #AGL’s failure to notify affected customers that they had been #overcharged caused 3,531 contraventions of the #NationalEnergyRetailRules. Another 12,625 #breaches related to AGL’s failure to refund the money. The court also found the company had broken retail law...” #Centrepay

Media exposure has forced the government’s hand on #Centrepay. The contrast with robodebt could not be more stark The #Centrepay revelations should shock Australians – but not the government, after years of complaints about financial exploitation * Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast In the months since the government…

Media exposure has forced the government’s hand on #Centrepay. The contrast with robodebt could not be more stark: The #Centrepay revelations should shock Australians – but not the government, after years of complaints about financial exploitation

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Consumer watchdog urges crackdown on businesses using #Centrepay to cause financial harm It is alleged energy companies deducted money from #welfare payments of people, including #IndigenousAustralians, who were no longer customers * Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast The consumer watchdog has…

Consumer watchdog urges crackdown on businesses using #Centrepay to cause financial harm: It is alleged energy companies deducted money from #welfare payments of people, including #IndigenousAustralians, who were no longer customers

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‘Unscrupulous’ businesses abused #Centrepay to take #welfare money from dead Australians, advocacy groups claim Advocates also detail flaws in automated debit system that prevented clients stopping their deductions * Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast The government’s #Centrepay debit system has been abused by…

‘Unscrupulous’ businesses abused #Centrepay to take #welfare money from dead Australians, advocacy groups claim: Advocates also detail flaws in automated debit system that prevented clients stopping their deductions

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'An investigation into #Centrepay, which allows businesses access to a person’s welfare payments *before* they are deposited into their bank accounts, has found disturbing examples of misuse of a system..'

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