The senior bureaucrat who oversaw the illegal robodebt scheme has been suspended without pay from her role at the Department of Defence.
Campbell was receiving an annual salary of $900,000 for her role as an AUKUS adviser.A senior public servant who oversaw the unlawful robodebt scheme has been stood down from her position at the Department of Defence following the royal commission findings.
Campbell was made an adviser on the AUKUS security partnership in June last year, with a salary of $900,000 a year.The commission found Ms Campbell gave misleading evidence to cabinet about robodebt but stayed silent because then-minister Scott Morrison wanted to pursue robodebt and the government wouldn't be able to achieve budget savings without it.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese confirmed the decision to suspend Ms Campbell was made by the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet and "appropriate bodies". "Most people who have a look at the human tragedy that was caused by robodebt and the findings of the royal commission are very, very clear about failings by the Morrison government, and indeed going back to when Scott Morrison was the minister," he told ABC Radio on Thursday.Mr Albanese did not say if the suspension would be permanent.
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