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After nearly three years, the robodebt report’s secret chapter has been unsealed. What does it reveal?

Officials named who drafted unlawful debt recovery scheme - and who royal commissioner referred to corruption watchdog for further investigation

The Guardian - AU · Mar 13

Robodebt was the great test of Australia’s accountability mechanisms – and they failed

The final report into the Centrelink debt recovery process that wreaked havoc on the vulnerable is not the full-stop many wanted. It has not restored the trust that was so fundamentally broken

The Guardian - AU · Mar 12

‘Naming them is not justice’: robodebt victims feel let down by findings of corruption watchdog

Nacc report into unlawful scheme found senior public servants engaged in corrupt conduct but declined to refer them for charges in what victims call a ‘massive letdown’

The Guardian - AU · Mar 11

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Two robodebt officials engaged in serious corrupt conduct, Nacc finds, but Scott Morrison cleared

Anti-corruption watchdog makes adverse findings against two former public servants but clears four other individuals

The Guardian - AU · Mar 10

Robodebt victims seek further compensation due to ‘damning new evidence’

Lawyers for victims say they will appeal against $1.8bn settlement, alleging officials ‘knew robodebt was unlawful but went ahead with it anyway’

The Guardian - AU · Sep 25, 2024

‘Zero repercussions’: victims of robodebt ‘embarrassed’ to have believed justice would be done

Despite a royal commission and now findings of misconduct, those affected say many of those responsible have been able to ‘just walk away’

The Guardian - AU · Sep 15, 2024

Two former federal departmental heads breached public service code 25 times in Robodebt scandal

Two former federal departmental secretaries and another ten bureaucrats involved in the Robodebt scandal have been found to have breached the Public Service Code of Conduct a total of 97 times.

The Conversation · Sep 13, 2024

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The robodebt six: why it’s time we were told who was referred to the corruption commission

The royal commission’s ‘sealed chapter’ was designed to let other agencies investigate, not protect the reputation of those implicated

The Guardian - AU · Jun 9, 2024

Afternoon Update: global outrage at Gaza hospital blast; huge Mt Isa mines to close; and Kathryn Campbell’s big pay package

Protests erupt across Middle East after hospital blast kills between 300 and 500 people

The Guardian - AU · Oct 18, 2023

Boston Consulting Group accused in Senate inquiry of securing contract extension through ‘cosy relations’ with officials

BCG relied on ‘verbal agreements’ with senior bureaucrats to secure extra $880,000, according to emails attached to a submission to Senate inquiry

The Guardian - AU · Sep 26, 2023

Afternoon Update: no voice leader criticised over Aboriginality blood test comments; Kathryn Campbell resigns; and John Farnham cancer-free

Former Labor minister Gary Johns faces calls to resign for comments he wrote published in a book last year

The Guardian - AU · Jul 24, 2023

Kathryn Campbell quits $900,000 top defence job after robodebt royal commission report

News comes days after confirmation Campbell was suspended without pay from senior Aukus advisory position with Department of Defence

The Guardian - AU · Jul 24, 2023

Senior public servants criticised by robodebt royal commission scrubbed from organisational charts

Lawyer Annette Musolino is on leave, as PM’s department assistant secretary Russell De Burgh is replaced on staff listing

The Guardian - AU · Jul 21, 2023

Afternoon Update: Auckland shooting hours before Women’s World Cup opener; Kathryn Campbell suspended; and HIV rates in Australia fall

Match between New Zealand and Norway to proceed after city rocked by shooting standoff

The Guardian - AU · Jul 20, 2023

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AAP · Jul 19, 2023

Senior robodebt bureaucrat suspended from $900k role

A senior bureaucrat found to have misled cabinet over the illegal robodebt scheme has been suspended without pay from her $900,000 a year defence advisory role.

The Guardian - AU · Jul 9, 2023

Seven public servants criticised in robodebt report as agencies consider response

Royal commissioner Catherine Holmes found that bureaucrats misled cabinet and ombudsman

The Guardian - AU · Jul 8, 2023

Kathryn Campbell retaining Aukus role would be ‘insult’ to robodebt victims, crossbenchers say

Former head of the Department of Human Services faces calls to resign after royal commission findings

The Guardian - AU · Jul 8, 2023

PwC to repay $800,000 for work on robodebt after damning royal commission report

Embattled consulting firm also reveals it no longer employs partner involved in work on the scheme for the Department of Human Services

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The Guardian - AU · Jul 7, 2023

‘It was so shocking’: why robodebt’s dark legacy will linger long after royal commission report

As victims and frontline whistleblowers explain, the doomed welfare scheme has caused irreparable damage to claimants and the public service

The Guardian - AU · Jul 7, 2023

The robodebt scheme was passed like a hot potato up the line of Coalition ministers – but who will be held responsible?

Unless agencies take up the commissioner’s invitation to prosecute, who is most to blame could remain sealed away in the report’s ‘confidential chapter’

The Guardian - AU · Jul 7, 2023

How the Coalition collaborated with ‘friendly media’ to silence robodebt victims

Alan Tudge’s office planned to use sympathetic outlets such as News Corp to counter reporting on scheme, royal commission report reveals

The Guardian - AU · Jul 7, 2023

Scott Morrison rejects robodebt royal commission findings but won’t say if he was referred for prosecution

Anthony Albanese highlights commission’s ‘extraordinary’ conclusion that former PM’s evidence was ‘untrue’

The Guardian - AU · Jul 7, 2023

Robodebt royal commission final report: what did it find and what will happen next?

A 900-page report released on Friday labelled the scheme as ‘cruel and crude’. Here’s what you need to know

The Guardian - AU · Jul 7, 2023

Robodebt royal commission final report: key findings on Scott Morrison, Stuart Robert, Kathryn Campbell and Alan Tudge

The royal commission report has levelled strong criticism of the three former ministers and senior public servant. Here are the main points from the inquiry’s findings

The Guardian - AU · Jul 6, 2023

What is robodebt? Six things to watch for in the royal commission’s final report today

With the inquiry findings into the $1.8bn scandal due, who knew what and what happens next?

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