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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
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'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
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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
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'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
The Saturday Paper
Exclusive: Robo-debt findings delayed to allow NACC referrals
20+ min · · Commissioner Catherine Holmes has written to the attorney-general to ask that her findings be delivered after the National Anti-Corruption Commission is operational, so she can make direct referrals. · Shared by 21, including Noely ⚡️🏐, Fern
The Guardian
Government ignores calls from its own experts to lift ‘seriously inadequate’ jobseeker rate
3 min · · Unemployment benefit rates are at ‘such an inadequate level that they create a barrier to paid work’, committee finds · Shared by 5, including Fern
The Guardian
Bill Shorten says public servants adversely named in robodebt inquiry could face disciplinary action
2 min · · Government services minister will await findings of commissioner Catherine Holmes before considering ‘what to do with those people’ · Shared by 5, including Fern
ABC News
When both their sons took their own lives after receiving Robodebt demands, Kath and Jenny came together to seek change
7 min · · Jenny Miller and Kath Madgwick became household names for those following the fallout from the automated Robodebt scheme. For the first time they talk about the bond they share after both their sons… · Shared by 8, including Fern
The Guardian
How did robodebt collect debts unlawfully for five years?
· Social affairs and inequality editor Luke Henriques-Gomes speaks to Jane Lee about the shocking evidence heard at the royal commission · Shared by 5, including Fern
The Guardian
Suggesting NDIS cuts to pay for expensive submarines is the latest attack on disabled people
3 min · · Imagine if we could make the NDIS work better, rather than having to fight for the scheme to exist · Shared by 10, including Fern
The Saturday Paper
Robo-debt final week: ‘It served them right, did it?’
12+ min · · In its last week of hearings, the robo-debt royal commission has found the moment when the scheme became an expression of unchecked political desire. · Shared by 21, including Liv 😷, Fern