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'Disturbing' disability report to finally be laid bare

A long-awaited final report by the disability royal commission will make for "disturbing reading", a senior government minister has warned.

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Royal commissioner accuses ADF of ‘too much talk and not enough action’ on veteran suicide

In fiery speech, Nick Kaldas says government and Defence moving at ‘snail’s pace’ amid ‘national crisis’

The Guardian - AU

Jeremy Hunt says he mustn’t pump extra money into people’s pockets; BoE’s Mann says better to over-tighten interest rates – as it happened

Chancellor says focus is to fight inflation, while Bank of England policymaker argues for higher interest rates

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Government botches response to Lake Alice torture finding

The heads of Crown Law and the Ministry of Justice can’t work out between them whether the abuse of children at the Lake Alice psychiatric hospital was torture. After 50 years the Government still refuses to say that what happened at Lake Alice was torture.

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‘Should never have happened’: Queensland apologises for neglect and abuse of brothers with autism

Disability royal commission finds state should have done more to protect pair, who were found malnourished in house with dead father

The Guardian - AU

Auckland Council: Should Māori get two seats at the table?

Can the region with the largest Māori population in the country communicate the subtle difference between representation and participation as the public submit their views on Māori seats?

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Robodebt class action law firm prepared to sue for alleged ‘misfeasance in public office’

Gordon Legal, which previously ran a $1.8bn class action, hopes federal government will reach out-of-court settlement offering further compensation

The Guardian - AU

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Afternoon Update: calls for Morrison to resign; six additions to threatened species list; and rightwing figures join Threads

Some Coalition members have said the former PM should resign from politics in wake of a scathing royal commission report

The Guardian - AU

Early robodebt critics outraged by how long Coalition persisted with unlawful scheme

Shocking to learn politicians and public servants ‘were basically just lying to us’, Andrew Wilkie says

The Guardian - AU

Let’s be clear. Robodebt was ended by welfare recipients with their suffering

After the shameful revelations from the royal commission, we have to change the way we talk about social security

The Guardian - AU

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

The Guardian - AU

All governments try to ‘manage’ stories – but with robodebt it became a stubborn refusal to admit the truth

The royal commission’s final report lays bare how ministers and officials frustrated honest questioning and used friendly media to spread misleading information

The Guardian - AU

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

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

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The rise of #Robodebt: how Twitter activists pushed a government scandal from hashtags to a royal commission

The royal commission into the unlawful robodebt scheme has delivered its findings.

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Robodebt victims urge action on royal commission report

The final report of the royal commission into the controversial robodebt scheme is due to be released on Friday.

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Christchurch terror attacks board ‘a waste of time’

A board set up to help victims of the Christchurch mosque shootings is a 'joke', a former member says.

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Crown responder disbelieved abuse allegations

As the Government begins to respond to the Royal Commission's findings and recommendations, the person leading that response was found to have disbelieved victims of state abuse and their advocates when she was in a senior role at MSD. Aaron Smale reports.

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Task force to bring aged care back from the brink: Minister Anika Wells

The unanswered question of the royal commission into aged care will be tackled by a new expert group seeking to lift standards, improve funding models and put people's rights at the centre of the system.

The Canberra Times

'There will rightly be criticism', DSS secretary told staff after robodebt hearings

Inside the Department of Social Services' reactions to the royal commission.

Newsroom.co.nz

Jehovah's Witnesses apply for judicial review of Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care

The church argues it doesn't bear responsibility for care of children and that no abuse occurred that was within the scope of the inquiry.

ABC News

The extraordinary legal tactics institutions are using to fight compensation claims by abuse victims

Reforms in the wake of the child sexual abuse royal commission made it easier for victims to seek compensation, but now a fierce new battleground is emerging as some organisations at the centre of the claims push to have cases thrown out altogether.

AAP

Reports on defence suicides can take hundreds of days

The Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide has been told it takes more than 600 days on average to complete an independent report into a death.

ABC News

Former soldier levels allegations of sexual abuse by Department of Defence staff

An Australian Army veteran, who alleges she was sexually assaulted twice while serving, blasts the response from the Department of Defence at the time.

Newsroom.co.nz

MSD offers abuse victims 'full and final' settlement, despite Royal Commission report

Lawyer says victims of state abuse are waiving their legal rights if they sign, which may include access to other forms of redress that become available, reports Aaron Smale

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