Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced a formal investigation into the Morrison government's Robodebt 'fiasco' which claimed almost $2 billion from more than 400,000 Australians. 9News FULL STORY:
has announced the details of a $30 million royal commission into the Robodebt scandal, which led to a $1.8 billion class action settlement between victims and the federal government.
The inquiry will probe the implementation of the disastrous scheme by the former coalition government and how it was allowed to continue for more than four years. Other former government ministers expected to be drawn into the investigation are Alan Tudge and Stuart Robert, who both acted as social services minister during various iterations the scheme, and former attorney general Christian Porter.
The handling of concerns raised about the scheme, including adverse decisions made by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal; The automated scheme made use of data matching algorithms. It assessed annual income data from the Australian Tax Office against fortnightly Centrelink welfare payments.
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