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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

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

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.

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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

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

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The Guardian - AU

'Flawed assumptions' underpinned robodebt

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

AAP

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

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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.

ABC News

Age pensioner felt ‘sheer terror’ at receiving robodebt letter demanding $65,000, inquiry told

Woman says she feared she could lose her home when Centrelink letter ‘turned my life upside down’, before debt was reduced to $120 then refunded

The Guardian - AU

Robodebt victim breaks down at royal commission while recalling 'intrusion' of 'rude' human services staff

Sandra Bevan told the royal commission she was adamant the debt was incorrect, and "rude" phone calls made her life more difficult.

ABC News

'Horror budget' paved way for robodebt

Successive Liberal government crackdowns on welfare fraud led many on social services to feel like criminals and paved the way for robodebt, an inquiry heard.

AAP

Grattan on Friday: Morrison endures the witness box, while Albanese enjoys being in the box seat with the Senate

Scott Morrison will forever be known as “the bulldozer”, and he lived up to his self-description at the Robodebt royal commission this week.

The Conversation

The Scott Morrison robodebt show

Scott Morrison ducks, dodges and weaves but finally concedes robodebt was illegal, and a Greens and Legalise Cannabis bloc will hold the balance of power in Victoria’s upper house.

Crikey

Scott Morrison leaned on his faith in his department to explain the ‘critical failure’ of robodebt

Former PM’s verbose approach in stand meant it took an eternity to establish his position that he didn’t see vital legal advice on the scheme and can’t say why

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'Trainwreck' Morrison robodebt evidence

Labor minister Bill Shorten has lashed Scott Morrison's robodebt royal commission, saying he's failed to take responsibility for his part in the scheme.

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: Morrison grilled at robodebt inquiry; Azealia Banks lashes Australia; and snakes have clitorises

And new details on the brothers behind Queensland ambush

The New Daily

‘Are you listening?’: Morrison draws wrath of royal commissioner

Scott Morrison has been upbraided for his poor listening skills as he faced the Robodebt royal commission.

Crikey

Scott Morrison faces a grilling over his role in creating the robodebt scheme

The former PM’s evidence to the royal commission today follows a lengthy appearance by Senator Marise Payne yesterday.

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Scott Morrison gives evidence at Robodebt royal commission — as it happened

Former prime minister Scott Morrison has appeared before the Robodebt royal commission and gave evidence about his time as social services minister and treasurer.

The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: the story behind the Wieambilla shooters, Brittany Higgins settles claim, fusion ‘revolution’

In today’s newsletter: Queensland police have pledged to ‘get to the bottom’ of why the violence took place; former Liberal staffer has made a ‘confidential’ settlement with the commonwealth

The Guardian - AU

Scott Morrison in the spotlight: what will the former PM be asked at the robodebt royal commission?

Morrison is likely to be asked what he knew about the scheme when it was devised, why he was attracted to it – and what he did when it came under fire

ABC News

Marise Payne tells Robodebt inquiry she doesn't know when need for legislative changes 'dropped off the radar'

Former Coalition minister Marise Payne tells the Robodebt inquiry the scheme's priority was to make sure the "right people" got the "right amounts".

ABC News

Robodebt inquiry, set to hear from Coalition members, hears Services Australia staff were alarmed about scheme

Ahead of Scott Morrison and Marise Payne appearing before the robodebt royal commission, the inquiry has heard Services Australia staff were "incensed" and "alarmed" about the scheme.

ABC News

ATO bureaucrat 'threatened to shut down' Robodebt scheme by requesting cease and desist on use of tax data, royal commission told

An ATO bureaucrat is asked about his threats to "shut down" the Robodebt scheme in 2017, by requesting a federal department cease and desist using tax office data.

The Guardian - AU

The Australian government had multiple chances to press ‘stop’ on robodebt – but didn’t

Legal advisers said again and again that the automated debt recovery scheme was unlawful. New evidence shows how the objections were overcome

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