The Guardian
Robodebt class action law firm prepared to sue for alleged ‘misfeasance in public office’
4 min · · Gordon Legal, which previously ran a $1.8bn class action, hopes federal government will reach out-of-court settlement offering further compensation · Shared by 5, including Fern
ABC News
Law firm that led Robodebt class action considers fresh compensation claim after royal commission
2 min · · Gordon Legal says it is considering a fresh compensation claim, telling the ABC the royal commission has brought to light new evidence that was not previously available. · Shared by 9, including Fern
The Guardian
Robodebt was finally ended because of the activists who fought back. Will there be any justice?
· Many lives were destroyed in order to protect the jobs and egos of some of the worst people in the country · Shared by 8, including Fern, Liv 😷
The Guardian
The guilt I was made to feel at the hands of robodebt should be felt by its creators
4 min · · Acting on the report’s recommendations would enable the true welfare reform needed in Australia. Hopefully robodebt is a wake-up call · Shared by 6, including Fern
The Guardian
Early robodebt critics outraged by how long Coalition persisted with unlawful scheme
3 min · · Shocking to learn politicians and public servants ‘were basically just lying to us’, Andrew Wilkie says · Shared by 5, including Fern
ABC News
In wake of Robodebt findings, former secretary warns a 'cadre' of public servants has forgotten role to offer fearless advice
3 min · · In the wake of the Robodebt royal commission's findings, a former department boss warns some public servants have forgotten their chief responsibility to offer frank and fearless advice. · Shared by 9, including Fern
sbs.com.au
The Robodebt inquiry made this 'reluctant' call on victims' compensation. Is it fair?
3 min · · Robodebt inquiry chief Catherine Holmes concluded that social security payments should be raised in lieu of a compensation scheme. Not everyone believes it's a fair substitute. · Shared by 5, including Fern
sbs.com.au
'We're not bad people': How Robodebt victims reacted after 'gross betrayal' was laid bare
7 min · · These are the lessons victims of the "gross betrayal" that was robodebt say need to be learned following the release of a royal commission's blistering final report into the scheme. · Shared by 5, including Fern
The Guardian
The robodebt scheme was passed like a hot potato up the line of Coalition ministers
3 min · · Unless agencies take up the commissioner’s invitation to prosecute, who is most to blame could remain sealed away in the report’s ‘confidential chapter’ · Shared by 5, including Fern
The Guardian
All governments try to ‘manage’ stories – but with robodebt it became a stubborn refusal to admit the truth
3 min · · The royal commission’s final report lays bare how ministers and officials frustrated honest questioning and used friendly media to spread misleading information · Shared by 5, including Fern
The Guardian
How the Coalition collaborated with ‘friendly media’ to silence robodebt victims
5 min · · Alan Tudge’s office planned to use sympathetic outlets such as News Corp to counter reporting on scheme, royal commission report reveals · Shared by 13, including Fern, Noely ⚡️🏐
ABC News
What did the Robodebt royal commission find about the people who oversaw the scheme?
10 min · · The political recriminations for findings of the Robodebt royal commission have been swift, with the prime minister dubbing the former debt collecting mechanism a "gross betrayal" of the Australian… · Shared by 5, including Fern
The Guardian
The robodebt royal commission revealed the worst of ‘welfare cop’ politics. But what happens next is up to us all
3 min · · Catherine Holmes’ report is damning for the Coalition and the public service, yet the reckoning she advocates will take more than policy change · Shared by 5, including Fern
ABC News
Robodebt royal commission final report to be handed down today, live updates
6 min · · Commissioner Catherine Holmes faced the unenviable task of reviewing about a million tendered documents and hundreds of hours of evidence over nine weeks of public hearings. Follow live. · Shared by 8, including Fern
sbs.com.au
'Crude and cruel': Robodebt royal commission recommends criminal charges
6 min · · The robodebt royal commission has recommended unnamed individuals involved in the scheme face criminal charges. · Shared by 5, including Fern
overland.org.au
The ‘bludger’ myth masks the cruel reality: welfare programs are bludgeoning the poor
3 min · · In recent weeks, the right-wing press has been trying to revive the spectre of the ‘dole bludger’. Yet It should be clear to anyone paying attention (or running an employment services inquiry) that… · Shared by 4, including Fern