The senior bureaucrat who oversaw the rollout of the Robodebt scheme is suspended without pay after the royal commission found she did 'nothing of substance' after discovering illegalities.
abc.net.au/news/kathryn-campbell-suspended-without-pay-over-robodebt/102623918The senior bureaucrat who oversaw the rollout of the illegal Robodebt scheme has been suspended without pay following the damning findings of the royal commission.Kathryn Campbell was the head of the Department of Human Services during Robodebt's inception in 2014
This morning Prime Minister Anthony Albanese told ABC Sydney Ms Campbell had been suspended from that role without pay. Two weeks ago the Robodebt royal commission handed down its findings into the debt collection scheme which was scathing of Ms Campbell. "When exposed to information that brought to light the illegality of income averaging, she did nothing of substance. When presented with opportunities to obtain advice on the lawfulness of that practice, she failed to act."The commission also found she instructed staff to "cease" processing a request for legal advice from the ombudsman because she was concerned the unlawfulness of the scheme might be exposed.
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