Robodebt Commissioner recommends civil and criminal charges

The Royal Commission into the Robodebt scheme has handed down its report into the unlawful program that sent incorrect debt letters to people on welfare. Commissioner Catherine Holmes wrote the government scheme was crude and cruel and key government ministers and departmental staff failed in their duties, including Former Prime Minister Scott Morrison.

The Commissioner for the Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme Catherine Holmes delivers her report to the Governor General David Hurley at Government House in Canberra, Friday, July 7, 2023. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas); Inset: Anandan Vasantha Krishnamoorthy Source: AAP / MICK TSIKAS/AAPIMAGE

In a sealed section not publicly released, the report makes recommendations individuals be referred for civil and criminal prosecution.

Kulasegaram Sanchayan discusses the commission's review and the report with columnist and political observer, Anand Vasantha Krishnamoorthy.

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