Rick Morton says article referring to ‘upright and ethical’ former DHS secretary a ‘betrayal’ of the paper’s previous reporting on robodebt scandal
An Australian Public Service Commission taskforce found that Renée Leon failed to ‘expeditiously’ inform her minister and colleagues of the solicitor general’s advice on the lawfulness of robodebt.An Australian Public Service Commission taskforce found that Renée Leon failed to ‘expeditiously’ inform her minister and colleagues of the solicitor general’s advice on the lawfulness of robodebt.
Rick & I both hate Robodebt. But I’m concerned with the system that gave rise to it & fairness for the person who ended it too - to stop it happening again.Morton, who has written extensively on robodebt and won two Walkley awards for his coverage, saw it differently, calling Wallace’s analysis “garbage revisionism” and its publication a “betrayal” of the Saturday Paper’s reporting. His book on robodebt, Mean Streak, will be published next month.
“But I’m concerned with the system that gave rise to it & fairness for the person who ended it too – to stop it happening again,” she said.On Monday, Morton revealed on Substack that his anger was, in part, driven by the fear he felt when he almost lost his dog to a tick bite on the weekend.
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