Former chief counsel did ‘nothing’ to address legal doubts over robodebt, royal commission hears
by Luke Henriques-Gomes Social affairs and inequality from World news | The Guardian on (#68C0H)
Annette Musolino told by commission she let the system run despite advice saying there was a fundamental problem with its legality
The former chief counsel at the Department of Human Services has been told at a royal commission that she and her team did nothing" to address legal doubts over the robodebt scheme despite several warnings.
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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