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4 October 2026

‘You’re denying what you did to my son’: mother of robodebt victim told she is ineligible for compensation

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Source reporting: Guardian Australia Politics

‘You’re denying what you did to my son’: mother of robodebt victim told she is ineligible for compensation

Commonwealth lawyers argue Jarrad Madgwick, whose death by suicide was highlighted at royal commission, ineligible as he only received provisional debt notice Kath Madgwick’s son, Jarrad, was 22 when he died by suicide in 2019 after being told he owed nearly $2,000.

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