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Maeve Bannister

Watchdog had 'doubts' about legality of robodebt scheme

Former acting Commonwealth Ombudsman Richard Glenn is giving evidence at the robodebt inquiry. (PR HANDOUT IMAGE PHOTO) (AAP)

The watchdog who investigated the robodebt program says he should have referred the federal government department responsible to the appeals tribunal in 2017 due to his doubts about the scheme's lawfulness.

Richard Glenn served as acting Commonwealth Ombudsman between January and April 2017 when an investigation into the human services department took place.

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