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Centrelink Claims Backlog Slashed After Hiring Blitz

Centrelink Claims Backlog Slashed After Hiring Blitz
A Medicare and Centrelink office sign is seen at Bondi Junction in Sydney, Australia, on March 21, 2016. Matt King/Getty Images
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4/26/2024|Updated: 4/26/2024
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A backlog of more than one million claims made to Services Australia is set to return to normal levels by the middle of the year following a mass recruitment drive.

Figures have shown more than 500,000 Centrelink and Medicare claims have been processed and removed from the overall backlog in just 10 weeks.

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