Former prime minister Scott Morrison and other senior Liberal figures who gave evidence before the robo-debt royal commission will be able to charge taxpayers for their legal fees if they challenge any findings handed down against them on Friday.
Ahead of Commissioner Catherine Holmes SC handing her report to the Governor-General at 9.30am, Government Services Minister Bill Shorten expressed his hope the inquiry would “stand as a testament” for ministers and senior bureaucrats on obeying the law.
“The approval applies to meet the costs of legal representation in relation to the royal commission and other costs related to the proceedings,” the Attorney-General’s Department said regarding Morrison’s legal funding. The future of top bureaucrats including former human services department secretary Kathryn Campbell – a key player in the scheme who has since been handed a $900,000are not suggesting adverse findings will be handed down against former ministers and senior bureaucrats in Friday’s report, which will be tabled in parliament ahead of its public release.In a $1.
In November 2019, the Coalition government settled a test case with victim Deanna Amato, in which the judge ruledHowever, legal advice about the unlawfulness of the scheme had been issued as far back as November 2014, before its commencement.
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