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Secret chapter on robodebt scheme could be unsealed

Public servants who played a role in the government's unlawful robodebt collection scheme could be named when a secret royal commission chapter is tabled.

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Towing the NACC out to sea and sinking it might be the best option now

Lawyers for the people the NACC was supposed to investigate were allowed to help draft the decision that let their clients off the hook.

Crikey

Robodebt victims seek further compensation due to ‘damning new evidence’

Lawyers for victims say they will appeal against $1.8bn settlement, alleging officials ‘knew robodebt was unlawful but went ahead with it anyway’

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Ministers rack up $1m more in taxpayer-funded robodebt legal expenses, with Scott Morrison topping list

Former prime minister’s robodebt expenses hit $461,445, while Linda Reynolds incurs $166,700 in costs related to Brittany Higgins’s rape allegation

The Guardian - AU

Corruption watchdog warns proposed changes 'troubling'

Queensland's corruption watchdog says proposed changes that will restrict its reporting are not appropriate and "very troubling".

AAP

Ceasefire ‘needed desperately’, PM says in joint statement – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

The robodebt six: why it’s time we were told who was referred to the corruption commission

The royal commission’s ‘sealed chapter’ was designed to let other agencies investigate, not protect the reputation of those implicated

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Robodebt: national corruption watchdog’s decision not to investigate officials angers victims and whistleblowers

Nacc says it decided not to launch corruption probe ‘as it would not add value in the public interest’

The Guardian - AU

Corruption reports might be brought to light by reforms

Every recommendation of a corruption watchdog review will be adopted by the Queensland government, including the release of reports retrospectively.

AAP

Review to examine corruption watchdog reporting powers

A former chief justice will lead a review into the complex legal and ethical issues raised when a corruption watchdog publishes findings against individuals.

AAP

Robodebt royal commission: Labor accepts all 56 recommendations in full or in principle

Albanese government releases formal response to Catherine Holmes’s inquiry into Centrelink debt recovery scheme

The Guardian - AU

Maternal stink bug beats 18,000 photos to claim the 2023 GDT European Wildlife Photographer of the Year award

Nine winners from each of the categories were selected with a grand total of $35,600 cash prizes awarded

Digital Camera World

Debt remains unpaid if section of robodebt royal commission’s report stays sealed

The ‘disgraceful’ and ‘insidious’ scheme remains brutally stark for Crikey readers who say perpetrators must be brought to justice.

Crikey

‘Disappointing’: Labor blocks robodebt royal commission recommendation

The robodebt royal commission recommended scrapping a rule that allows the government to chase debtors in perpetuity. Labor voted against it.

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The Guardian - AU

Scott Morrison accuses Labor of campaign of ‘political lynching’ against him on robodebt

Former social services minister and PM tells parliament royal commissioner Catherine Holmes’s findings were ‘unfounded and wrong’

The Conversation

Behavioural ‘experts’ quietly shaped robodebt's most devilish details – and their work in government continues

One of the things still worrying me about robodebt was the attention to detail.

The Guardian - AU

Senior public servants criticised by robodebt royal commission scrubbed from organisational charts

Lawyer Annette Musolino is on leave, as PM’s department assistant secretary Russell De Burgh is replaced on staff listing

The Conversation

Explainer: what is the 'tort of misfeasance' and how might it apply in the case of robodebt?

The final report of the robodebt royal commission has revealed the full extent of one of the most egregiously harmful acts our government has ever committed against some of the most vulnerable Australians.

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Crikey

‘Never again’? Robodebt can and will happen again

Robodebt needed compliant public servants and a minister willing to mislead colleagues. There’s no reason why it couldn’t happen again.

Crikey

What comes after the damning robodebt report?

Some will be clamouring for a long trail of heads on pikes. But the next stage of the robodebt commission findings will take years to unfold.

Crikey

Morrison was not alone: robodebt was aided and abetted by the AAT being gutted

The hollowing-out of the AAT — and the Abbott government’s disbanding of the ARC — rendered guards for welfare participants impotent.

The Guardian - AU

Debt collectors face calls to return $11.6m retrieved under unlawful robodebt scheme

Figure paid by federal government for private collection services described as ‘shameful’

The Conversation

Politics with Michelle Grattan: Bill Shorten on Robodebt report's sealed section, and progress on NDIS reform

The Robodebt royal commission’s report has excoriated a raft of former ministers, especially Scott Morrison, who was a main instigator of the program, as well as public servants who were involved.

The Guardian - AU

‘Not sustainable’ for robodebt sealed chapter to be secret forever, Bill Shorten says

Australians who received unlawful debt notices want the people who made ‘callous decisions’ to face consequences, government services minister says

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The Robodebt Report Absolutely Skewered Our Politicians So Here’s Yr Explainer On Its Findings

The report called for certain politicians to be referred to criminal and civil prosecutions for the "cruel" scheme.

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