Robo-debt royal commission
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
Latest
‘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
No mere Spectator, Tudge sets the record right on robo-debt
The one-time Morrison government minister is using a new magazine column to give his side of the scandal.
- by Noel Towell and Kishor Napier-Raman
Liberal MP says robo-debt offended liberal values and royal commission was justified
Keith Wolahan said robo-debt offended the sanctity of the individual, due process and the presumption of innocence and urged his party to learn the lessons from it.
- by Paul Sakkal
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