Robodebt inquiry hears claim social services official ‘sat on’ damning external legal advice about scheme
by Luke Henriques-Gomes Social affairs and inequality from World news | The Guardian on (#688C8)
Former mid-level official Kristin Lumley says she believed there was inaction' from her boss and it would end up in federal court'
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A former Department of Social Services official accused one of her bosses of sitting on" damning external legal advice, a royal commission has been told.
The commission is examining 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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