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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Paul Karp , Sarah Basford Canales and Christopher Knaus

Robodebt: national corruption watchdog’s decision not to investigate officials angers victims and whistleblowers

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Five of six robodebt officials referred for possible corruption investigation were also the subject of referrals to the Australian Public Service Commission Illustration: Nash Weerasekera/The Guardian

The National Anti-Corruption Commission (Nacc) won’t pursue an investigation into six individuals referred by the robodebt royal commission, due to separate public service investigations being carried out into five of them.

The Nacc said on Thursday that it was “unlikely it would obtain significant new evidence” and had concluded it was “undesirable for a number of reasons to conduct multiple investigations into the same matter”.

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