Homeless disability pensioner Glenn Campbell believes Robodebt is still heaping misery on welfare recipients.

The cruel and illegal scheme was axed in May 2020, but the 62-year-old claims his own experience showed the social security system remained a minefield for vulnerable Australians.

The Perth man has waged a six-year-battle with Services Australia, all while living out of the back of a van. It wasn’t so much the modest sum of money involved that motivated his fight, but the principle, he claimed.

“(The system) still spits out these inaccurate debts,” he said.

The peak organisation for community legal centres providing specialist advice to welfare recipients has backed up his claims, saying Robodebt was “not a closed chapter in history”.

“The Government has not yet implemented ke

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