Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull is due to appear via video link before the Robodebt royal commission in the final week of public hearings. Follow live.
for the implementation for the illegal scheme.has also revealed he went on television programs defending the program as a "dutiful cabinet minister", despite being aware it could be unlawful.
When asked by Commissioner Catherine Holmes SC whether he took responsibility for "what the government, of which you were a part of, did?"I take absolute responsibility as part of cabinet solidarity for this.'We have got to get advice to stop it now'.Mr Robert discussed "holding [the] government line" in all media interviews – including one on ABC's 7.30 — despite having "personal misgivings" about Robodebt's calculation method.
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