Robo-debt royal commission
Editorial
For subscribers
Shameless claim of victimisation in robo-debt scandal defies credibility
Robo-debt resulted in deaths and mental anguish among thousands of welfare recipients but one of the people who shaped the policy claims she is a victim too.
- The Herald's View
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Robo-debt target says Morrison government sacked her after raising alarm
Renee Leon’s intervention means both she and her predecessor as head of the Human Services Department have rejected the public service watchdog’s findings.
- by Paul Sakkal
‘Furious tirade’: Shorten slams robo-debt public servant’s claims she was a ‘scapegoat’
Former top public servant Kathryn Campbell says she was set up to take the blame for the robo-debt crisis.
- by Olivia Ireland
Final robo-debt probe to keep names unnamed – again
The Australian Public Service Commissioner has apologised for the robo-debt disgrace – but 10 of 12 public servants responsible remain unnamed.
- by Paul Sakkal
Opinion
NACC
Robo-debt wasn’t fair or legal. Because of a loophole we’ll never know if it was also corrupt
Australians have been left with the troubling conclusion that the national anti-corruption body doesn’t believe in the importance of its role in a case like this.
- by Waleed Aly
Anti-corruption body decided against robo-debt probe. Now it is being investigated
Last week, the anti-corruption commission said it would not launch an inquiry into robo-debt. That decision is now the subject of an investigation by the NACC’s inspector.
- by Paul Sakkal
Opinion
For subscribers
Robo-debt’s not dead, it’s just tormenting other people
Families are receiving letters saying that they owe debts to Centrelink because they were overpaid the childcare subsidy. Challenging the veracity of the debt is a nightmare.
- by Anne Hyland
Shorten vows to ‘re-humanise’ Services Australia in robo-debt response
The public service and Services Australia will be bolstered as the federal government vows to deliver “robo-justice” to welfare recipients affected by the Coalition’s unlawful debt recovery scheme.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos
Industry department in entrepreneur email fail
History repeats itself as the Department of Industry once again makes a mess of its grant program for female entrepreneurs.
- by Kishor Napier-Raman and Noel Towell
Opinion
Centrelink
The robo-debt disaster tale isn’t over yet – here comes the prequel
Centrelink’s “income apportionment” method is a disastrous throwback to another ill-starred scheme that heaped misery on welfare claimants.
- by Waleed Aly
Editorial
Editorial
Liberal backbencher owns what others in his party don’t: a spine
Keith Wolahan has delivered a speech rare in both its honesty and its intellectual framing.
- The Herald's View
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