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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.

AAP · Feb 1, 2023

Afternoon Update: fossil fuel companies gave $2m to major parties; Alec Baldwin charged; and ‘bogan airline’ takes off

Figures show fossil fuel firms donated $2m to the two big parties, while alcohol and gambling companies donated $2.165m

The Guardian - AU · Feb 1, 2023

Alan Tudge tells Robodebt royal commission he was not responsible for department's failures to ensure scheme was lawful

Former cabinet minister Alan Tudge has told a royal commission he was not responsible for his department's failure to ensure the Robodebt scheme was lawful.

ABC News · Feb 1, 2023

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.

ABC News · Jan 30, 2023

Robodebt advice would cause damage: lawyer

A senior government lawyer has told a royal commission into robodebt that independent legal advice could have led to the scheme being stopped entirely.

AAP · Jan 26, 2023

Witness Robert Hurman admits his department made 'false' statements about Robodebt to ombudsman

A senior bureaucrat who approved a letter to the ombudsman investigating Robodebt has conceded his department made "false" statements about the unlawful scheme.

ABC News · Jan 25, 2023

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".

ABC News · Jan 24, 2023

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

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The Guardian - AU · Jan 23, 2023

'Flawed assumptions' underpinned robodebt

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

AAP · Jan 23, 2023

Afternoon Update: Coalition sowing doubt on Indigenous voice; pensioner’s $65,000 robodebt; and cathedral sex party rumours

Noel Pearson suggests opposition leader Peter Dutton is playing ‘a spoiling game’ as experts say detail on voice comes later

The Guardian - AU · Jan 23, 2023