House debates

Thursday, 18 June 2020

Questions without Notice

Pensions and Benefits

3:09 pm

Photo of Bill ShortenBill Shorten (Maribyrnong, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Prime Minister. The Administrative Appeals Tribunal told the government at least as early as March 2017 that robodebt was illegal. Why did it take until November 2019—that's 986 days—to suspend the scheme and admit to the Australian people it was illegal?

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