Former social services official told to ‘tone down’ robodebt legal concerns, inquiry hears
by Luke Henriques-Gomes Social affairs and inequality from World news | The Guardian on (#66MET)
Andrew Whitecross says he fiercely criticised the proposal and questioned its legality in the scheme's initial plan
A former Department of Social Services official has told a royal commission he was directed" to tone down" legal concerns about the robodebt scheme when the proposal was designed in early 2015.
The inquiry is investigating why and how the unlawful Centrelink debt recovery scheme was established in 2015 and ran until November 2019, ending in a $1.8bn settlement with hundreds of thousands of victims.
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