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

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

The Canberra Times

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.

Newsroom.co.nz

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.

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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.

AAP

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.

ABC News

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

Newsroom.co.nz

Why NZ law should require everyone to report known or suspected child sexual abuse

As the Abuse in Care Royal Commission inquiry has shown, the lifelong and intergenerational consequences of child abuse are devastating. Many children placed in state and religious institutions – often having already experienced harm and hurt – were then abused by those tasked with caring for them.

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Abuse in Care extension necessary to do the job right

The second extension of the Royal Commission's final report is to be welcomed but provides no reason to delay redress, which the Government agreed to implement over a year ago, writes Stephen Winter

Newsroom.co.nz

Victorian government reveals new gambling rules at Crown Casino including mandatory 15-minute breaks

The Victorian government has revealed new measures to address problem gambling at Melbourne's Crown Casino in the wake of the royal commission into Crown's licence.

ABC News

Wagga Wagga veteran services report rise in demand after royal commission visit

The Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide's visit to a regional city late last year has prompted a rise in service personnel seeking support.

ABC News

‘Anger, hatred and lies’: Murdoch’s successful persuasion

Murdoch’s News Corp long ago abandoned its commitment to truth, incoming co-chairs of Australians for a Murdoch Royal Commission write.

The New Daily

Robodebt not only broke the laws of the land – it also broke laws of mathematics

Friday marked the end of the public hearings for the Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme. They painted a picture of a catastrophic program that was legally and ethically indefensible – an example of how technological overreach, coupled with dereliction of duty can amount to immense suffering for ordinary people.

The Conversation

Assaults against people with disabilities underreported

Witnesses have shared accounts of people with disability being abused in public and discriminated against across various sectors, as part of a royal commission.

AAP

Wallabies' Kepu tells of abuse at NZ Royal Commission

Sekope Kepu has become an anti-bullying ambassador after revealing he was tormented as an Auckland boarding school student in his youth.

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Kathleen Madgwick tells Robodebt royal commission about her son Jarrad and the damage the scheme caused

Just weeks before his 23rd birthday in 2019, Jarrad Madgwick left the house hours after being issued with a $2,000 Robodebt. He never returned home or into the arms of his mum Kathleen.

AAP

'So sad, too bad' response to robodebt impacts

The royal commission into robodebt has heard from a former Centrelink social worker whose concerns about the impacts of the scheme were repeatedly dismissed.

AAP

Watchdog had 'doubts' about legality of robodebt scheme

The department overseeing robodebt should have been referred to the appeals tribunal based on the ex-watchdog's legal doubts, a royal commission has been told.

The New Daily

Former watchdog head fronts robodebt royal commission

Former Commonwealth Ombudsman Michael Manthorpe will appear before a royal commission into Centrelink's robodebt scheme.

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First torture, now solitary - NZ's shame

Aaron Smale unravels the legal liability the Crown is now ensnared in after the Royal Commission into State Abuse's finding of torture at Lake Alice - how solitary confinement elsewhere is now in the gun, and the political implications.

The New Daily

Paul Bongiorno: The robodebt royal commission is our most important in a long while

It has taken the robodebt royal commission to do it, but Australians are being given dramatic evidence that the very underpinnings of our system of government have been trashed at great cost to the nation.

AAP

Senior public servant faces third robodebt grilling

The former secretary of the departments responsible for running the robodebt scheme will return to the royal commission for a third round of questioning.

ABC News

Malcolm Turnbull says he did not consider 'legality' of Robodebt scheme — as it happened

Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull has appeared via video link before the Robodebt royal commission in the final week of public hearings.

The New Daily

Former PM Turnbull to testify on what he knew about Robodebt

Malcolm Turnbull will give evidence at the royal commission into robodebt on what he knew about the scheme while he was in office.

AAP

Former PM Turnbull to testify at robodebt commission

Malcolm Turnbull will give evidence at the royal commission into robodebt on what he knew about the scheme while he was in office.

The Guardian - AU

Stuart Robert’s refusal to take the blame for robodebt isn’t just offensive, it’s terrifying

The former minister’s casual abdication of responsibility risks a culture where our politicians are no longer able to defend the public interest

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