The Latest Breaking News from Royal Commission

Murdoch’s News Corp long ago abandoned its commitment to truth, incoming co-chairs of Australians for a Murdoch Royal Commission write.

Friday marked the end of the public hearings for the Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme. They painted a picture of a catastrophic program that was legally and ethically indefensible – an example of how technological overreach, coupled with dereliction of duty can amount to immense suffering for ordinary people.

The department overseeing robodebt should have been referred to the appeals tribunal based on the ex-watchdog's legal doubts, a royal commission has been told.

Former Commonwealth Ombudsman Michael Manthorpe will appear before a royal commission into Centrelink's robodebt scheme.

Aaron Smale unravels the legal liability the Crown is now ensnared in after the Royal Commission into State Abuse's finding of torture at Lake Alice - how solitary confinement elsewhere is now in the gun, and the political implications.

It has taken the robodebt royal commission to do it, but Australians are being given dramatic evidence that the very underpinnings of our system of government have been trashed at great cost to the nation.

The former secretary of the departments responsible for running the robodebt scheme will return to the royal commission for a third round of questioning.

Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull has appeared via video link before the Robodebt royal commission in the final week of public hearings.

Malcolm Turnbull will give evidence at the royal commission into robodebt on what he knew about the scheme while he was in office.