The senior bureaucrat who oversaw the rollout of the illegal Robodebt scheme has been suspended without pay following the damning findings of the royal commission. Key points: Kathryn Campbell was the head of the Department of Human Services during Robodebt's inception in 2014 The Robodebt royal commission found she "did nothing of substance" when exposed to information about the illegality …
The political recriminations for findings of the Robodebt royal commission have been swift, with the prime minister dubbing the former debt collecting mechanism a "gross betrayal" of the Australian people. "The Robodebt scheme was a gross betrayal and a human tragedy," Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said following the release of the report. Labor called the royal commission after coming to …
A royal commission into the now-defunct debt recovery scheme, commonly known as Robodebt, has wrapped up for now after two weeks of hearings in Brisbane. The inquiry heard Ms Wilson received legal advice when the scheme was being designed showing the "income averaging" method was unlawful but she lacked the "courage" to tell anyone, including then-social services minister Mr Morrison. …
Potentially "catastrophic" external legal advice that could have shut down Robodebt appeared to have been disregarded after the government failed to elevate it beyond a draft form, a royal commission into the scheme has been told. Key points: A principal legal officer within the Department of Social Services gave evidence to the inquiry She agreed there was some pressure from …