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

‘Watered down’ legal concerns included in robodebt briefing for Scott Morrison, inquiry hears

Scott Morrison
A royal commission into the botched robodebt scheme has heard a 2015 briefing document for then social services minister Scott Morrison included legal warnings that were ‘watered down’. Photograph: Rick Rycroft/AP

Legal concerns over what became the robodebt scheme were “watered down” but still included in briefing documents prepared for Scott Morrison, a royal commission has heard.

The inquiry into the botched Centrelink debt recovery scheme has previously heard the Department of Social Services in late 2014 held damning internal legal advice warning the key method used to raise those debts may be unlawful.

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