Since 2015, the Australian government has raised an estimated $2.1bn in debt from Centrelink clients in a manner which the Federal Court has since ruled 'unlawful'. bad machine is a fictionalised look at the human cost of an inhuman system.
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Since 2015, the Australian government has raised an estimated $2.1bn in debt from Centrelink clients in a manner which the Federal Court has since ruled 'unlawful'. bad machine is a fictionalised look at the human cost of an inhuman system.
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Since 2015, the Australian government has raised an estimated $2.1bn in debt from Centrelink clients in a manner which the Federal Court has since ruled 'unlawful'. Known as the Robodebt scandal, the scheme affected over 400,000 Australians, including some of the nation's most vulnerable people.
Inspired by real cases, Brooke Robinson's bad machine is a fictionalised look at the human cost of an inhuman system, and our vanishing social safety net.
About the Author
BROOKE ROBINSON is a playwright from Sydney, currently based in London. Her credits as a playwright include The Telescope, Animal/People and Dangerous Lenses. Robinson is a graduate of ATYP's Fresh Ink writers ensemble, Stephen Jeffreys' invitational writers group at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (London), and is a current member of The Criterion Theatre's invitational West End writers group, led by Greg Mosse. She was one of six artists to be commissioned for Imagine 2037, the imaginary theatre festival for the British Council's 20th Anniversary Edinburgh Festival Showcase, and was shortlisted for Matthew Warchus' inaugural Old Vic 12 playwriting commission at the Old Vic Theatre in London. Good Cook. Friendly. Clean. was shortlisted for the 2017 Griffin Award and was read at London's Bunker Theatre as part of the Damsel Women Directors' Festival.
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