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Robodebt Report Evidence Now in Hands of Crime Fighters

Federal police and the anti-corruption watchdog are considering civil and criminal evidence following a damning report into the robodebt scheme. More than 100 ministers, advisers, public servants and contractors gave evidence in the royal commission, which tabled its report in federal parliament on July 7. A sealed chapter of the report recommended the referral of a…


Robodebt Royal Commission Refers 20 Individuals for Civil and Criminal Prosecution

The royal commission into the flawed robodebt scheme has referred 20 personnel behind the scheme to Australian authorities for civil and criminal prosecution after the commissioner, Chief Justice Catherine Holmes, found that there was  “dishonesty and collusion” behind the scheme. The referral comes as Ms. Holmes handed down the royal commission’s 990-page report on the illegal scheme, which…