Article 6CRWZ Australia news live: Scott Morrison rejects findings against him in robodebt royal commission report

Australia news live: Scott Morrison rejects findings against him in robodebt royal commission report

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Stephanie Convery (now) and Rafqa Touma (earlier)
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Bill Shorten: robodebt commission report will be a vindication' for victims and their families

The NDIS minister, Bill Shorten, says today is a vindication" for victims of the robodebt scandal with the royal commission report being handed down. He told ABC's RN this morning:

The heart of this story today is the fact that real people unlawfully had debt notices ... raised against them by the most powerful institution in Australia, the commonwealth government.

Two of these people, after receiving robodebt notices, subsequently took their own lives that I'm aware of.

Today is not the day [their mothers] want. What they really want is their sons to be alive.

One of the challenges we're seeing across the country is great teacher shortages ... COVID brought that timetable forward.

Classrooms are more complex, there is a great diversity of needs across the classroom, and as society changes a lot of teachers and education ministers are testifying about the impact of technology in classrooms.

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