Mathias Cormann (WA, Liberal Party, Vice-President of the Executive Council) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you very much, Mr President. As Ms Plibersek and Mr Bowen said, the government has a responsibility to recover debts where people have been overpaid and, as Mr Shorten said, the automation of this process will free up resources. I also should say that, of course, the government recognises that the recovery of debt has to be done in a way that is lawful and that is why the government has made the decisions it has since announced.