Minister backtracks on MyGov hackers claim

By Daniel McCulloch, Rebecca Gredley and Finbar O'Mallon
Updated March 23 2020 - 5:58pm, first published 5:57pm
The Australian MyGov website has crashed, with the minister responsible blaming it on heavy traffic.
The Australian MyGov website has crashed, with the minister responsible blaming it on heavy traffic.

Thousands of Australians have queued outside Centrelink offices as the online portal for government services crashed while people scrambled to apply for benefits amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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