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Robodebt royal commission: the questions that remain as inquiry’s final public hearings begin

Outlines for the upcoming hearings on the Coalition’s flawed debt recovery scheme show where the investigation may be headed next

The Guardian - AU

A timeline of how the vexatious prosecution of Bernard Collaery cost taxpayers $5 million

The lawyer’s prosecution for allegedly helping Witness K expose Australia’s bugging of East Timor’s cabinet has been a protracted, expensive affair.

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Robodebt royal commission extended by two months

The report into the unlawful robodebt scheme will now be handed down at the end of June, rather than the original April deadline.

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Social media campaign linked to Chinese government spreading disinformation about Australian politics, thinktank says

Posts amplify content about sexual assault and misconduct allegations in Parliament House to undermine trust in political system, researchers say

The Guardian - AU

Progressives need to have a hard think about victim feminism

Rachelle Miller was part of robodebt, which destroyed and ended lives. So why has she been given hero status by progressives?

Crikey

A matter of life, and death

Women living in regional Australia die on average 19 years earlier than those living in cities, and all poker machines in NSW could be cash-free in five years.

Crikey

'Massive failure': Katy Gallagher says public sector reform will take years

The Minister for the Public Service outlines the "huge task" of public sector reform.

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Whose doing was it?: what we’ve learned from the robodebt royal commission

Some responsibility accepted but also excuses and deflection of blame. And the human cost laid bare of an unfair and unlawful scheme

The Guardian - AU

Christian Porter’s robodebt evidence offers rare glimpse into how politicians use talking points

Politicians relied heavily on robodebt talking points that turned out to be untrue, it has been revealed.

Crikey

Beating the Drumgold

Former Liberal staffer Fiona Brown accuses ACT DPP Shane Drumgold of threatening her, and Anthony Albanese says a referendum on the Voice to Parliament will go ahead even if it risks failing.

Crikey

Christian Porter tells inquiry ‘someone’ in department assured him robodebt was legal but ‘I can’t recall who’

Former social services minister and attorney general also says he accepts some responsibility for the scandal

The Guardian - AU

Former social services minister Christian Porter takes responsibility for Robodebt failures at royal commission

Former minister Christian Porter has conceded talking points he was given at the height of Robodebt criticism were "inaccurate and untrue", and has taken some responsibility for the failed scheme.

ABC News

A third ex-minister denies robodebt responsibility, as Christian Porter to take witness stand

Alan Tudge has joined former Coalition government colleagues in denying knowledge that robodebt was illegal, claiming he was powerless to stop it either way.

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Christian Porter to face robodebt inquiry after Alan Tudge questioned over department’s response to suicides

Former social services minister due to appear at high-profile royal commission on Thursday

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Ex-minister says he wasn't given robodebt legal advice

Former social services minister Christian Porter has told the robodebt royal commission he never received legal advice that raised issues with the scheme.

Crikey

Tudge’s office used News Corp to ‘shut down’ robodebt media crisis, royal commission hears

The media strategy saw Alan Tudge’s media adviser plant stories with sympathetic ‘right-wing’ outlets and release personal details of victims.

AAP

Former robodebt minister denies responsibility

Former human services minister Alan Tudge has told a royal commission into robodebt he was not responsible for the scheme being illegal.

AAP

Minister asked for files on robodebt whistleblowers

A media adviser to former minister Alan Tudge has told a royal commission he requested the Centrelink files of those who spoke out in the media on robodebt.

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Former government services minister Stuart Robert was warned Robodebt scheme could lead to civil action

Former government services minister Stuart Robert was warned continuing the illegal Robodebt scheme could lead to the civil action, the royal commission is told.

AAP

Former ministers to take stand on robodebt

Former government ministers Christian Porter and Alan Tudge will be key witnesses at the robodebt royal commission when hearings resume.

Crikey

How secret trials became and remain possible in Australia

There may very well be secret prosecutions and secret jailings happening now, and they can and will continue until the law is reformed.

AAP

Lawyer ignored tribunal's robodebt finding

A government lawyer told staff they could keep using an unlawful debt collection method as long as they'd tried other ways first, a royal commission has heard.

ABC News

Robodebt scheme 'set off alarm bells from the get-go', inquiry hears

The Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme hears the program had no "legally founded process" and a key critic held concerns from the "get-go".

The Guardian - AU

New alcohol restrictions for Alice Springs amid law and order crisis – as it happened

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'Flawed assumptions' underpinned robodebt

A Human Services department official admits the legal framework behind the robodebt scheme contained "flawed assumptions".

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