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The Robodebt royal commission has wrapped up for now. Here are some of the key takeaways

The Robodebt royal commission hears startling evidence with senior bureaucrats admitting they didn't follow legal advice, were too busy to raise concerns or didn't think it was their responsibility. Here's how the two weeks of hearings wrapped up.

ABC News

Conspiracy or stuff up? Robodebt royal commission probes how far up the chain of command blame falls

The first two weeks of hearings into the unlawful welfare scheme sought to answer a central question: how could this happen?

The Guardian - AU

Former Department of Human Services secretary tells royal commission she had a 'lack of curiosity' regarding Robodebt lawfulness

The top bureaucrat at the department responsible for the unlawful Robodebt scheme tells the royal commission it was a "significant failure of public administration".

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Judge orders state Human Services to accept Philly teens from chaotic, overcrowded detention center

PHILADELPHIA — A Commonwealth Court judge has ordered Pennsylvania state officials to take custody of 15 children currently living at a juvenile detention facility in Philadelphia that the city says is dangerously overcrowded and understaffed. They’re among 135 statewide on a waiting list to receive court-ordered treatment at state placements…

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Finn Pratt confirmed Robodebt's lawfulness despite not taking legal advice, commission hears

The former Department of Social Services secretary signed a letter to the Commonwealth Ombudsman in 2017 saying the scheme was legal, despite not seeing any legal or policy advice or knowing how it worked, a royal commission hears.

ABC News

Robodebt likely a ‘stuff up’ rather than a ‘conspiracy’, former department boss tells inquiry

Royal commission also shown key 2015 document confirming Scott Morrison’s request for welfare ‘compliance’ measures

The Guardian - AU

Senior bureaucrat Serena Wilson admits in Robodebt inquiry to breaching public servants' code of conduct

The inquiry hears Ms Wilson received advice in 2015 showing the illegal income-averaging proposal that became Robodebt was unlawful but it still reached then-social services minister Scott Morrison.

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Robodebt royal commission: official says she failed to tell Scott Morrison scheme could be unlawful

Serena Wilson says she lacked the ‘courage’ to speak up after being made aware of legal advice

The Guardian - AU

Public servant was nominated for Australia Day award for role in designing robodebt, inquiry hears

Former human services official Scott Britton also tells royal commission his team were under pressure to propose budget savings when scheme identified

The Guardian - AU

‘Watered down’ legal concerns included in robodebt briefing for Scott Morrison, inquiry hears

Earlier document warned proposed debt recovery measures would have ‘fundamental impacts on social security policy and legislation’, royal commission told

The Guardian - AU

'Mystery' surrounds robodebt legal advice

A royal commission investigating the failed robodebt scheme is trying to determine how the scheme was rolled out contrary to policy and legal advice.

AAP

‘A shameful chapter’: how Australia’s robodebt saga was allowed to unfold

Bombshell legal advice finally revealed this week was initially dismissed, discarded or overruled. The consequences for many have been tragic

The Guardian - AU

An epidemic of fentanyl misinformation

More politicians say fentanyl should be deemed a "weapon of mass destruction." Do they even understand what it is?

Salon

They accused staff at a Pennsylvania mental hospital of abuse. But who would believe them?

PHILADELPHIA — When Alex Zachariah went to work at Norristown State Hospital one afternoon in May 2021, he noticed one of the patients struggling.

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Concerns as US DHS hires leader of Hindu nationalist-linked group

Chandru Acharya’s appointment to the DHS body shows ‘ignorance’ of the US government, activists and academics say.

Axios

Suspect in Paul Pelosi attack was in U.S. illegally, DHS says

"[ICE] lodged an immigration detainer on Canadian national David DePape with San Francisco County Jail."

Tribune News Service

Commentary: Let’s use real words to convey the truth on immigration — and matters of public policy

Fighting for the high ground on contentious political issues inspires a partisan twisting of the English language. Take this Oct. 19 news from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) that “officers arrested 175 unlawfully present noncitizens with multiple DUI convictions.”

The Guardian - AU

‘Unethical’: robodebt inquiry hears advisers were ‘almost immediately’ concerned by the initial plan

Former director of debt management compared proposal to so-called Dallas Buyers Club ‘speculative invoicing’ saga

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AAP

Legal advice on robodebt not passed on

The royal commission has heard a government department failed to relay information about the unlawfulness of the robodebt income averaging calculation.

Reason

DHS' Crusade Against Misinformation Is Another Example of Anti-Terror Mission Creep

While the Department of Homeland Security pressured tech companies to censor their users' posts, it also branded election deniers as potential terrorists.

The Guardian - AU

Robodebt went ahead, despite legal doubts, after earning Scott Morrison’s backing, inquiry hears

The then social services minister wanted Centrelink debt recovery proposal worked up for 2015 budget process, royal commission told

Salon

Biden caved to GOP on election disinfo

DHS pulled back on a comprehensive effort to address disinformation to help election workers

Reason

DHS Still Policing Disinformation Despite Dissolving Disinformation Governance Board

The Department of Homeland Security and the FBI regularly report misinformation and disinformation to tech companies for potential removal.

The Guardian - AU

Legal doubts over robodebt raised with government department in 2014, inquiry hears

First day of royal commission hearings told social services department did not seek ‘authoritative’ legal advice until four years after scheme was introduced

Tribune News Service

Venezuelans struggle with new reality in Tijuana after expulsions from United States

TIJUANA, Mexico — When a plane full of Venezuelan migrants landed in San Diego from Texas on a recent afternoon, Luis Gonzalez and many of those around him began to applaud, rattling the chains that bound their wrists to their ankles and waists.

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