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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Nathan Kearney

I’m still angry at the architects of robodebt, and furious that they have faced no consequences

Former Liberal minister Alan Tudge is seen on a screen in the media room during the third block of public hearings of the Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme
‘According to his former media adviser, Alan Tudge requested the file of every person who spoke to the media, and the department cleared the release of some personal information to select news outlets to “correct the record”.’ Photograph: Darren England/AAP

As someone affected by the program, I’m grateful to those who spoke up against robodebt: the Not My Debt campaign, the reporters who covered the story and the public servants who raised concerns at risk of their jobs.

I’m still angry at the people involved who didn’t speak up. The people who disregarded human decency to chase the next step in their career or to exact revenge on the computer-assigned undeserving poor.

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