Robo-debt royal commission
Liberal MP says robo-debt offended liberal values and royal commission was justified
Keith Wolahan said robo-debt offended the sanctity of the individual, due process and the presumption of innocence and urged his party to learn the lessons from it.
- by Paul Sakkal
Latest
Morrison lashes out at robo-debt ‘political lynching’, rejects royal commission findings
The former prime minister has described the commission’s findings against him as “disproportionate, wrong, unsubstantiated and contradicted by clear evidence”.
- by James Massola
Robo-debt bureaucrat quits her $900k-a-year defence job
Kathryn Campbell’s resignation, effective last Friday, comes after damning findings were made against her by the robo-debt royal commission.
- by Angus Thompson
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Public service
Crossbench demands answers on robo-debt bureaucrat’s $900K AUKUS parachute
The robo-debt royal commission made a range of scathing findings against Kathryn Campbell, who ran the Department of Human Services when the welfare debt recovery scheme was introduced.
- by Angus Thompson
Opinion
Five Minutes with Fitz
Why every adult should get $500 a week from the government, no questions asked
A Universal Basic Income would create a more equitable nation, reduce tax evasion and lead to smaller government. Not convinced? You haven’t met Everald Compton.
- by Peter FitzSimons
Opinion
Political leadership
Our political swamp will not be cleansed by the disgracing of Morrison
Politicians on all sides, public servants and even the press gallery will be making a grievous mistake if they expect Morrison’s eventual departure will stop the rot.
- by George Megalogenis
Tony Wright’s Saturday Column
Public service
How political egos led us to the shame of robo-debt
There was a time when senior public servants were called permanent secretaries. Then a series of political leaders sought to bend them to their will.
- by Tony Wright
Updated
Byelection
Cost of living should trump Labor’s robo-debt campaign in Fadden byelection: Dutton
In the second of what could be three byelections this year, Peter Dutton says the cost of living should be a bigger issue than Stuart Robert’s involvement in robo-debt.
- by Angus Thompson and Lisa Visentin
‘What the public is entitled to know’: Former judge slams robo-debt sealed section
Former NSW Supreme Court judge Anthony Whealy says the names of those referred for prosecution over the robo-debt royal commission findings should be revealed.
- by Angus Thompson
Opinion
AI
Another robo-debt disaster’s inevitable if we give AI too much autonomy
AI is only as good as the algorithm that operates it, the data that trains it and the law that underpins it. If these are ineffective, as with robo-debt, then calamity can ensue.
- by Rachael Falk
Opinion
Opinion
Robo-debt: Another cynical cycle in our dirty laundry politics
Our politicians have become very adept at holding their predecessors to account. But that has not improved standards of political behaviour.
- by Ross Gittins