Former Prime Minister Scott Morrison has hit out at the royal commission’s report into the Robodebt scandal, claiming the findings are “wrong, unsubstantiated, and contradicted by clear documentary evidence”. FULL STORY: 9News
The commission has "reluctantly" concluded there is no practical way of establishing a compensation scheme for those affected by Robodebt.
The commission also did not find in favour of a government apology to Human Services staff affected by the saga, concluding that an apology issued by fiat would be "not worth very much".The commission suggested that in lieu of a compensation scheme, more money be directed towards raising social security payments.The government engaged in "constant misrepresentation" that Robodebt involved no change in income or debt assessment, the report found.
"She was absolutely correct in the points she made, but they were highly inconvenient, and they were never going to be received in the spirit in which they were delivered."The report also addressed the difficulty of ascertaining at what point "the Australian government" knew or should have known the debts raised by the scheme may not have been valid.
"There was no reason for any other member of Cabinet, however, to question the proposal, because it was devoid of any indication that income averaging was involved or that there was any issue of legislative authority."There were plenty of indications that income averaging without other evidence was not a legitimate way of calculating entitlement," the report said.Reaction
Albanese said it was wrong and illegal to have sought debt against Australians who had no debt to pay.Not only did the report condemn the human toll of the scheme but the actions and roles of government ministers involved in robodebt.
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