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Luke Costin

Public servants to face fines if robodebt happens again

Proposed changes aim to ensure Commonwealth agencies are subject to more rigorous scrutiny. (Darren England/AAP PHOTOS)

Attempts to hide the next robodebt scandal from independent oversight of the public service will be punished by thousands of dollars in fines.

Bureaucrats and agency bosses would be bound to help investigations while those stonewalling access to files could be dragged to court.

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