Premium Case studies ‘Bugger all advice’: Damning email nails robodebt’s epic legal fail Community & Social A desperate search for any advice legally validating robodebt had lawyers digging down the back of cupboards for lost files.
Premium Case studies Porter spring-loads APS trapdoor at robodebt royal commission February 3, 2023 By Julian Bajkowski Community & Social Former attorney-general Christian Porter has hung the public service out to dry at the robodebt royal commission. Here’s what happened.
Premium Case studies ‘It’s unfathomable’: Tudge claims SES ministerial mushrooming propelled robodebt illegality February 2, 2023 By Julian Bajkowski Community & Social Former human services minister Alan Tudge has sheeted legal blame for robodebt’s unlawfulness to the scheme’s bureaucratic masters.
Premium Case studies Centrelink PR supremo Hank Jongen tips bucket on how robodebt concerns were shut down by SES February 1, 2023 By Julian Bajkowski Community & Social Shutting down bad news was the order of the day for robodebt’s SES masters. Then the edge of the cliff appeared.
Premium Case studies Robodebt victim name-and-shame tactics vetted and cleared by DHS top brass February 1, 2023 By Julian Bajkowski Community & Social Publicly outing critics of robodebt in the media was legally triple-checked. The lawfulness of the fake debts? Yeah, nah, not so much…
Premium Case studies Robodebt top lawyer roasted over ‘the vibe’ January 31, 2023 By Julian Bajkowski Community & Social Robodebt’s top lawyer has drawn sharp criticism under examination during the Royal Commission into the epic bureaucratic debacle.
Premium Case studies ‘Nobody wanted to give her bad news’: EL2s blow lid on iron grip of robodebt’s SES masters January 30, 2023 By Julian Bajkowski Community & Social Mid-level bureaucrats who worked on robodebt and were horrified by the way it fudged data and faked arrears have turned on their superiors.