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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Daniel Hurst Foreign affairs and defence correspondent

Kathryn Campbell retaining Aukus role would be ‘insult’ to robodebt victims, crossbenchers say

File photo of Kathryn Campbell during Senate estimates at Parliament House in Canberra
Kathryn Campbell now has a senior position in the Department of Defence focused on collaboration with the US and UK on the Aukus pact. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP

Crossbench MPs have called on the senior public servant Kathryn Campbell to consider resigning after the robodebt royal commission, claiming it would be “an insult” to the victims if she retains her Aukus role.

The royal commission report tabled in parliament on Friday said Campbell, a former head of the Department of Human Services, had been “responsible for a department that had established, implemented and maintained an unlawful program”.

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