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Afternoon Update: tax hike on $3m super balances; robodebt inquiry ‘double down’ claim; and a Test cricket classic

Balances of more than $3m will be taxed at 30%, up from current concessional rate of 15%

The Guardian - AU

Robodebt inquiry: evidence contradicts witness’s claim he didn’t know unlawful method was being used

Former Department of Human Services official tells inquiry he can’t explain emails and other documents he saw referring to use of income averaging

The Guardian - AU

Public servants may have ‘colluded’ to launch robodebt despite knowing it was unlawful, inquiry hears

Former deputy secretary Serena Wilson denies ‘reconstructing events’ in her evidence to the royal commission to protect her own interests

The Guardian - AU

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Government lawyer did not turn his mind to ‘significant consequences’ of continuing robodebt, inquiry told

Royal commission hears Paul Menzies-McVey was awaiting ‘definitive advice’ from the solicitor general on robodebt’s legality

The Guardian - AU

‘Platitudes and false words’: mother of robodebt victim who took own life tells inquiry of government stonewalling

‘It all became very sly. Everyone was lying and covering each other’s backs,’ royal commission hears

The Guardian - AU

Government lawyers were told Robodebt's income-averaging method couldn't be used to calculate welfare debts, royal commission hears

The inquiry hears from a mother whose son took his own life after being targeted with dozens of phone calls, text messages from Centrelink and debt collectors chasing an alleged Robodebt.

ABC News

Alan Tudge quits parliament, prompting byelection test for Peter Dutton

Former Coalition minister Alan Tudge has announced he will quit parliament, creating a byelection in the Melbourne seat of Aston.

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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?

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Robodebt inquiry is laying bare the horrific human cost of cheap and heartless politics

The Robodebt hearings have shown the former government hoodwinked voters to boost its popularity by humiliating people struggling to get by.

The New Daily

Rachelle Miller’s robodebt evidence is an indictment of the government’s media collaborators

The former Coalition staffer’s robodebt royal commission evidence shows how the Coalition led the media on the illegal scheme.

Crikey

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.

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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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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.

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: fossil fuel companies gave $2m to major parties; Alec Baldwin charged; and ‘bogan airline’ takes off

Figures show fossil fuel firms donated $2m to the two big parties, while alcohol and gambling companies donated $2.165m

ABC News

Alan Tudge tells Robodebt royal commission he was not responsible for department's failures to ensure scheme was lawful

Former cabinet minister Alan Tudge has told a royal commission he was not responsible for his department's failure to ensure the Robodebt scheme was lawful.

The Guardian - AU

Alan Tudge denies he was responsible for department’s failure to check legality of robodebt, royal commission hears

Former human services minister says he was away on leave when an article casting doubt on legality of robodebt was sent to him

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The Guardian - AU

Alan Tudge’s adviser placed stories in ‘friendly media’ to ‘shut down’ robodebt scandal, royal commission told

Rachelle Miller tells inquiry the then human services minister was ‘very firm’ a media storm over the Centrelink debt recovery scheme needed to be shut down

ABC News

Robodebt victims' details released to media in bid to deter them from speaking out, royal commission told

Rachelle Miller told the commission that in response to growing criticism the government adopted a counter-narrative strategy in the "more friendly media" such as the tabloids.

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.

ABC News

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

Robodebt advice would cause damage: lawyer

A senior government lawyer has told a royal commission into robodebt that independent legal advice could have led to the scheme being stopped entirely.

ABC News

Witness Robert Hurman admits his department made 'false' statements about Robodebt to ombudsman

A senior bureaucrat who approved a letter to the ombudsman investigating Robodebt has conceded his department made "false" statements about the unlawful scheme.

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".

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