Robodebt inquiry: Scott Morrison says it’s ‘distressing’ ministers not warned about scheme’s legal risks
by Luke Henriques-Gomes from on (#66TG7)
Former prime minister tells royal commission that public servants had obligation and duty' to disclose issues with debt recovery plan
Scott Morrison has disputed that public servants felt pressure not to inform him of legal risks about the robodebt scheme, telling a royal commission they had an obligation and duty" to warn ministers of problems and it was distressing" they never did.
The commission 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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