Public servant Kathryn Campbell has resigned from a high-paying role at the defence department following a royal commission into the illegal robodebt scheme.
A former coalition minister and government departments failed to properly consider the personal heartbreak and harm stemming from the illegal robodebt scheme.
The former head of the independent watchdog which investigated the agencies responsible for the robodebt program will be questioned by the royal commission.Â
Concerns about the legality of the income averaging at the heart of the robodebt scheme were dampened by the understanding it had been "used for a long time by governments of both colours", the royal commission has been told.
Former prime minister Scott Morrison showed little empathy towards welfare recipients as he looked for budget cuts instead of policies, the robodebt royal commission has been told.Â
A former minister in charge of robodebt has denied responsibility for his department's failure to check the legality of the scheme and said he still believed it was lawful in the face of mounting issues.
Former foreign minister Marise Payne has told a royal commission into robodebt she doesn't know how early concerns over the scheme's legality were left out of later policy documents.
A senior public servant has played down the role of the Australian Tax Office (ATO) in providing personal information used for the robodebt scheme, despite raising serious issues with it himself, in 2017.
A royal commission into the illegal robodebt scheme was told the Australian Tax Office told the Department of Human Services to stop using taxpayer data.
Two people wrongfully targeted by the botched robodebt scheme have described difficulties in trying to get more information from Centrelink about the money they supposedly owed.Â
