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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Luke Henriques-Gomes Social affairs and inequality editor

Public servant claims she was ‘screamed at irrationally’ after querying robodebt scheme

A royal commission into robodebt has heard evidence about what several witnesses have described as a toxic culture within the department that ran the program.
A royal commission into robodebt has heard evidence about what several witnesses have described as a toxic culture within the department that ran the program. Photograph: Mike Bowers/The Guardian

A Department of Human Services (DHS) official has told a royal commission she was verbally abused and threatened with losing her job by a senior public servant after raising concerns about the robodebt scheme.

On Friday the inquiry heard more evidence about what several witnesses have described as a toxic culture within the department that ran the controversial program between 2015 and 2019.

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