Claim: The 2018 Australian federal budget allows for the Social Welfare Debt Recovery scheme to be extended for another three years but has noted no increase in the Newstart Allowance.
Evidence: The Social Welfare Debt Recovery scheme (dubbed robo-debt by the media) will be extended for another three years, until 2022, and is expected to recover $300 million from current and former Centrelink customers. There is to be no increase in the Newstart Allowance, and the Department of Human Services was targeted with further 1,200 job cuts.