Robodebt royal commission: the questions that remain as inquiry’s final public hearings begin

The final round of public hearings of the royal commission into robodebt will further investigate questions such as who knew what about the scheme’s legality. Photograph: Jono Searle/AAP

The royal commission into the robodebt scandal will begin its final public hearings from Monday, with key questions remaining to be answered.

So far the commission has uncovered damning evidence about the Coalition’s debt recovery scheme, which culminated in a $1.8bn settlement with hundreds of thousands of welfare recipients wrongly accused of owing Centrelink money.