Saturday Paper journalist lashes publication’s ‘unethical’ defence of robodebt bureaucrat

Rick Morton says article referring to upright and ethical' former DHS secretary a betrayal' of the paper's previous reporting on robodebt scandal

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The Saturday Paper's senior reporter Rick Morton has publicly condemned his editors for publishing what he says is an unethical" and misleading" defence of one of the robodebt bureaucrats.

Christine Wallace, a columnist with the paper, wrote that she and many public service officials believed the robodebt findings against the widely admired former secretary of the Department of Human Services, Renee Leon were unjust".

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