Ombudsman had ‘doubts’ about legality of robodebt scheme, royal commission hears
by Australian Associated Press from World news | The Guardian on (#69KXA)
Richard Glenn tells inquiry that knowing what he does now he should have referred department to AAT in 2017
The watchdog who investigated the robodebt program says he should have referred the responsible department to the appeals tribunal in 2017 because of his doubts about the scheme's lawfulness.
Richard Glenn served as acting commonwealth ombudsman between January and April 2017 when an investigation into the human services department took place.
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