How did public service leaders talk to staff about Robodebt? What they said – or didn’t – is revealing
- Written by Daniel Casey, Lecturer, School of Politics and International Relations, Australian National University
In July 2023, after the release of the damning Robodebt Royal Commission report, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese declared:
it was wrong, it was illegal, it should never have happened and it should never happen again.
A major finding was some senior public servants were overly responsive to the wishes of ministers, to the detriment of the general...
