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Ex-minister defends response to robodebt legal advice

An ex-Coalition minister has denied dismissing legal advice about robodebt, saying he passed it to then PM Scott Morrison "within two hours".

The New Daily

Australian universities advised to avoid being ‘roped into’ multi-employer bargaining, leaked strategy reveals

Union calls document ‘incontrovertible proof’ institutions using ‘concerted’ plan to drive down wages

The Guardian - AU

Stuart Robert said ‘we will double down’ after being advised robodebt was unlawful, inquiry told

Former human services secretary says Coalition minister told her ‘legal advice is just advice’ when briefed on solicitor general’s opinion on scheme’s legality

The Guardian - AU

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Morrison 'looking for problems' to justify welfare cuts

An ex-deputy secretary says former prime minister Scott Morrison showed little empathy for people on welfare, and looked for problems to justify budget cuts.

AAP

Minister said ‘opinion is just an opinion’ when told of robodebt’s legal ‘challenges’, inquiry hears

Top departmental lawyer tells royal commission he verbally briefed Stuart Robert in July 2019 about the legal ‘difficulties’ with the scheme

The Guardian - AU

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

Outlines for the upcoming hearings on the Coalition’s flawed debt recovery scheme show where the investigation may be headed next

The Guardian - AU

Robodebt royal commission extended by two months

The report into the unlawful robodebt scheme will now be handed down at the end of June, rather than the original April deadline.

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Social media campaign linked to Chinese government spreading disinformation about Australian politics, thinktank says

Posts amplify content about sexual assault and misconduct allegations in Parliament House to undermine trust in political system, researchers say

The Guardian - AU

'Massive failure': Katy Gallagher says public sector reform will take years

The Minister for the Public Service outlines the "huge task" of public sector reform.

The Canberra Times

Whose doing was it?: what we’ve learned from the robodebt royal commission

Some responsibility accepted but also excuses and deflection of blame. And the human cost laid bare of an unfair and unlawful scheme

The Guardian - AU

Christian Porter tells inquiry ‘someone’ in department assured him robodebt was legal but ‘I can’t recall who’

Former social services minister and attorney general also says he accepts some responsibility for the scandal

The Guardian - AU

Former social services minister Christian Porter takes responsibility for Robodebt failures at royal commission

Former minister Christian Porter has conceded talking points he was given at the height of Robodebt criticism were "inaccurate and untrue", and has taken some responsibility for the failed scheme.

ABC News

Christian Porter to face robodebt inquiry after Alan Tudge questioned over department’s response to suicides

Former social services minister due to appear at high-profile royal commission on Thursday

The Guardian - AU

Ex-minister says he wasn't given robodebt legal advice

Former social services minister Christian Porter has told the robodebt royal commission he never received legal advice that raised issues with the scheme.

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Former robodebt minister denies responsibility

Former human services minister Alan Tudge has told a royal commission into robodebt he was not responsible for the scheme being illegal.

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Minister asked for files on robodebt whistleblowers

A media adviser to former minister Alan Tudge has told a royal commission he requested the Centrelink files of those who spoke out in the media on robodebt.

ABC News

Former government services minister Stuart Robert was warned Robodebt scheme could lead to civil action

Former government services minister Stuart Robert was warned continuing the illegal Robodebt scheme could lead to the civil action, the royal commission is told.

AAP

Former ministers to take stand on robodebt

Former government ministers Christian Porter and Alan Tudge will be key witnesses at the robodebt royal commission when hearings resume.

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Lawyer ignored tribunal's robodebt finding

A government lawyer told staff they could keep using an unlawful debt collection method as long as they'd tried other ways first, a royal commission has heard.

ABC News

Robodebt scheme 'set off alarm bells from the get-go', inquiry hears

The Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme hears the program had no "legally founded process" and a key critic held concerns from the "get-go".

The Guardian - AU

New alcohol restrictions for Alice Springs amid law and order crisis – as it happened

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'Flawed assumptions' underpinned robodebt

A Human Services department official admits the legal framework behind the robodebt scheme contained "flawed assumptions".

ABC News

Robodebt royal commission hears pensioner was forced to make repayments on almost $65,000 debt while still contesting it

Rosemary Gay wiped away tears while telling the royal commission into the Robodebt scheme of her "sheer terror" at receiving a debt notice for almost $65,000.

The Guardian - AU

MP calls for action on crime in ‘under siege’ town – as it happened

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Victim's terror over false $65k robodebt

An aged pensioner has spoken of the terror and trauma when hit with a false $65,000 debt thanks to the unlawful robodebt income calculation method.

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