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How welfare bashing exposed government at its worst
The Holmes royal commission’s recommendations are about replacing the meanness and political expediency of recent times with a spirit of serving the public.
Laura TingleColumnistLawyers aren’t necessarily known for their humanity and compassion. And their forensic attention to detail can often mean that the bigger picture is lost in their dissections of events.
You will read and hear many words over the weekend about the findings of the Robo-debt Royal Commission: a lot of it will focus on the pointy political bits about who is to blame; who lied; who failed to act; and speculation about what action these individuals, whether politicians, public servants or others, might face, as recommended in the titillating spectre of a “sealed section” of the commission’s report.
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