Senate debates

Tuesday, 1 August 2023

Questions without Notice

Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme

2:32 pm

Photo of Don FarrellDon Farrell (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Trade and Tourism) Share this | Hansard source

Yes, I can. The government established the robodebt royal commission to provide Australians with answers about how the scheme was established and operated. We are confident that Commissioner Holmes has provided these answers. In summing up the final report, Commissioner Holmes noted:

I am confident that the commission has served the purpose of bringing into the open an extraordinary saga, illustrating a myriad of ways that things can go wrong through venality, incompetence and cowardice.

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