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Dominic Giannini

National watchdog defends no robodebt public hearings

Critics question why no public hearings have occurred for Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS)

Australia's corruption watchdog is calling for some slack as it investigates one of the nation's darkest chapters amid community criticism about it not holding public hearings or finalising matters quick enough.

National Anti-Corruption Commission deputy commissioner Kylie Kilgour said the body was wary that every time it did something it was for the first time and "you don't want to muck it up". 

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