#robodebtrc — Public Fediverse posts
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#TOMRED @tomred43 #cartoon: Hey look, everyone! It's that lying liar who lies, lying about lying again.#Robodebt #auspol #ScottMorrison #scomo #LiarFromTheShire #RoboDebtRC #alttext
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#TOMRED @[email protected] #cartoon: Hey look, everyone! It's that lying liar who lies, lying about lying again.#Robodebt #auspol #ScottMorrison #scomo #LiarFromTheShire #RoboDebtRC #alttext
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#TOMRED @tomred43 #cartoon: Hey look, everyone! It's that lying liar who lies, lying about lying again.#Robodebt #auspol #ScottMorrison #scomo #LiarFromTheShire #RoboDebtRC #alttext
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The Australian Public Service Commission has received 16 referrals relating to former & current staff named in the #RobodebtRC. It has an established taskforce & has written to the individuals to notify them. #auspol https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/aug/03/robodebt-16-bureaucrats-named-in-royal-commission-report-face-investigation-by-public-service-agency
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Kathryn Campbell quits $900,000 top defence job after #robodebt #royalcommission report #robodebtRC
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Senior public servant Kathryn Campbell has resigned from the Department of Defence. #RobodebtRC #auspol https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-24/kathryn-campbell-resigns-from-defence-department-after-robodebt/102641370
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Scum-sucking bastards.
"Robodebt collections have resumed under the Labor government, which comes as a bit of a shock given the deserved outrage about the scheme."
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Rex Patrick
@MrRexPatrickFinally! #auspol
Kathryn Campbell suspended without pay from AUKUS job after robodebt report findings
Subscription needed: https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/8276345/campbell-suspended-without-pay-after-robodebt-report-findings/
Grahame McCulloch @GrahameMcCullo2
Replying to @MrRexPatrick @ChrisLancashir3 and @BarbaraPocockLet’s hope she is comprehensively dealt with in the sealed elements of the Royal Commission - her performance in the witness box was a masterclass in plausible deniability, evasion and deception. No contrition just self protection. A shocker!
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#Robodebt #Auspol
“It’s the executive [Ministers & their depts] and legislature [Senate and HoR] that let Australians down...“The government broke the law. It did so on a grand scale; it knew it was doing so.”
MPs questioned ministers, the Senate questioned department officials. There were “hearings and speeches expressing concern and calling for transparency in both houses of parliament. There was a ‘Fair Debt Recovery’ private members bill and two Senate inquiries...
The Senate ordered officials to hand over legal advice, they were ignored.
The Liberal and National Party MPs and Senators covered for the the government.
“The Westminster system only works when honour and selflessness is present.”
Here’s an argument from #RexPatrick that we need a better model.
From: @MichaelWestMedia
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#Robodebt #Auspol
“It’s the executive [Ministers & their depts] and legislature [Senate and HoR] that let Australians down...“The government broke the law. It did so on a grand scale; it knew it was doing so.”
MPs questioned ministers, the Senate questioned department officials. There were “hearings and speeches expressing concern and calling for transparency in both houses of parliament. There was a ‘Fair Debt Recovery’ private members bill and two Senate inquiries...
The Senate ordered officials to hand over legal advice, they were ignored.
The Liberal and National Party MPs and Senators covered for the the government.
“The Westminster system only works when honour and selflessness is present.”
Here’s an argument from #RexPatrick that we need a better model.
From: @MichaelWestMedia
https://fairdinkum.one/@MichaelWestMedia/110708890247088675 -
#Robodebt #Auspol
“It’s the executive [Ministers & their depts] and legislature [Senate and HoR] that let Australians down...“The government broke the law. It did so on a grand scale; it knew it was doing so.”
MPs questioned ministers, the Senate questioned department officials. There were “hearings and speeches expressing concern and calling for transparency in both houses of parliament. There was a ‘Fair Debt Recovery’ private members bill and two Senate inquiries...
The Senate ordered officials to hand over legal advice, they were ignored.
The Liberal and National Party MPs and Senators covered for the the government.
“The Westminster system only works when honour and selflessness is present.”
Here’s an argument from #RexPatrick that we need a better model.
From: @MichaelWestMedia
https://fairdinkum.one/@MichaelWestMedia/110708890247088675 -
#Robodebt #Auspol
“It’s the executive [Ministers & their depts] and legislature [Senate and HoR] that let Australians down...“The government broke the law. It did so on a grand scale; it knew it was doing so.”
MPs questioned ministers, the Senate questioned department officials. There were “hearings and speeches expressing concern and calling for transparency in both houses of parliament. There was a ‘Fair Debt Recovery’ private members bill and two Senate inquiries...
The Senate ordered officials to hand over legal advice, they were ignored.
The Liberal and National Party MPs and Senators covered for the the government.
“The Westminster system only works when honour and selflessness is present.”
Here’s an argument from #RexPatrick that we need a better model.
From: @MichaelWestMedia
https://fairdinkum.one/@MichaelWestMedia/110708890247088675 -
#Robodebt #Auspol
“It’s the executive [Ministers & their depts] and legislature [Senate and HoR] that let Australians down...“The government broke the law. It did so on a grand scale; it knew it was doing so.”
MPs questioned ministers, the Senate questioned department officials. There were “hearings and speeches expressing concern and calling for transparency in both houses of parliament. There was a ‘Fair Debt Recovery’ private members bill and two Senate inquiries...
The Senate ordered officials to hand over legal advice, they were ignored.
The Liberal and National Party MPs and Senators covered for the the government.
“The Westminster system only works when honour and selflessness is present.”
Here’s an argument from #RexPatrick that we need a better model.
From: @MichaelWestMedia
https://fairdinkum.one/@MichaelWestMedia/110708890247088675 -
Ruptures inside the NSW Liberal Party over Alex Hawke & Scott Morrison. Morrison wasn't on the list of pre-selection seats because it was thought he would have resigned from parliament by now. He's now tipped to dig in over #RobodebtRC, not wishing to appear at fault if he resigns. #auspol https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/jul/13/scott-morrison-ally-faces-liberal-party-expulsion-over-nsw-preselection-debacle
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Ministers are the political equivalent of a Director.
So, it would seem reasonable that they have the same expectations and obligation to ‘act with care and diligence’.
In fact, this equivalence is reflected in the ‘doctrine of ministerial responsibility’.But it’s still hard to imagine any concrete form of ‘resolution’
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While the #AFP dithered for years investigating the blue-chippers from #PwC for selling state secrets to foreign corporations, it was as quick as a rat up a drainpipe when it came to sending out letters to Centrelink clients threatening them with prison sentences unless they paid their Robodebts #auspol #robodebtRC #robodebt
https://michaelwest.com.au/robodebt-and-robododger-pwcs-consulting-operation-revealed/
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Qld based political analyst, Dr Paul Williams, says Robodebt is 'alive and well' as an issue in Fadden. He predicts a slight swing to Labor given Stuart Robert was named in the report. #FaddenVotes #RobodebtRC #auspol https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/jul/11/fadden-byelection-stuart-robert-absent-cameron-caldwell
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Bill Shorten with Letitia Del Fabbro in Fadden on the Gold Coast speaking about the #RobodebtRC report. On page 659, Commissioner Catherine Holmes speaks about the tort of misfeasance in public office & raises this as a proposition for victims going forward. The discussion in Australia about supporting people with the social security system needs to change from them being labeled as 'dole bludgers'. #FaddenVotes #auspol https://twitter.com/Qldaah/status/1678621893816111104?t=bPgZMmP39csW1VhjUiPrEw&s=19
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A must listen podcast!! 👇👇👇
Rick Morton @SquigglyRick interviews former CES/Centrelink employee & witness at the #RobodebtRC, the awesome Colleen Taylor. 💖
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Apparently FOI is the real issue coming out of the #robodebtRC
I'm thinking that having your advice to ignore legal advice and build a system you know is in breach being exposed is a good thing.
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@PatHudsonCartoons #Cartoon @phudsonink@ The real victims A quick late toon #auspol #RobodebtRC #alttext
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#AusPol #TimDunlop #TheFutureOfEverything #Journalism #IndependentJournalism #RoboDebt #RoboDebtRC
Tim Dunlop gives another excellent article on how the Australian government used the media and corrupted the Public Service to defend the illegal #RoboDebt scheme and continue to denigrate the unemployed.
Brilliant quoting from the Royal Commission.
And images of the #Murdoch headlines from the Australian government's professionally planned #ManipulationOfTheMedia.https://tdunlop.substack.com/p/what-robodebt-tells-us-about-collusion
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#AusPol #TimDunlop #TheFutureOfEverything #Journalism #IndependentJournalism #RoboDebt #RoboDebtRC
Tim Dunlop gives another excellent article on how the Australian government used the media and corrupted the Public Service to defend the illegal #RoboDebt scheme and continue to denigrate the unemployed.
Brilliant quoting from the Royal Commission.
And images of the #Murdoch headlines from the Australian government's professionally planned #ManipulationOfTheMedia.https://tdunlop.substack.com/p/what-robodebt-tells-us-about-collusion
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#AusPol #TimDunlop #TheFutureOfEverything #Journalism #IndependentJournalism #RoboDebt #RoboDebtRC
Tim Dunlop gives another excellent article on how the Australian government used the media and corrupted the Public Service to defend the illegal #RoboDebt scheme and continue to denigrate the unemployed.
Brilliant quoting from the Royal Commission.
And images of the #Murdoch headlines from the Australian government's professionally planned #ManipulationOfTheMedia.https://tdunlop.substack.com/p/what-robodebt-tells-us-about-collusion
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#AusPol #TimDunlop #TheFutureOfEverything #Journalism #IndependentJournalism #RoboDebt #RoboDebtRC
Tim Dunlop gives another excellent article on how the Australian government used the media and corrupted the Public Service to defend the illegal #RoboDebt scheme and continue to denigrate the unemployed.
Brilliant quoting from the Royal Commission.
And images of the #Murdoch headlines from the Australian government's professionally planned #ManipulationOfTheMedia.https://tdunlop.substack.com/p/what-robodebt-tells-us-about-collusion
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#AusPol #TimDunlop #TheFutureOfEverything #Journalism #IndependentJournalism #RoboDebt #RoboDebtRC
Tim Dunlop gives another excellent article on how the Australian government used the media and corrupted the Public Service to defend the illegal #RoboDebt scheme and continue to denigrate the unemployed.
Brilliant quoting from the Royal Commission.
And images of the #Murdoch headlines from the Australian government's professionally planned #ManipulationOfTheMedia.https://tdunlop.substack.com/p/what-robodebt-tells-us-about-collusion
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Stuart Robert has gone to ground since his resignation & Qld LNP candidate Cameron Caldwell says he hasn't spoken to him in weeks. Caldwell described the #RobodebtRC as a 'distraction' & being used by others as 'smear'. #FaddenVotes #auspol https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-06/fadden-by-election-liberal-candidate-for-former-mp-stuart-robert/102565512
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The #robodebtRC gives us solid evidence of how the mainstream media colludes with govt to help mislead the public. It is an indictment of a rotten system and I went through the final report to summarise what we learn about the process. It ain't pretty.
"The tragedy and crime that was #Robodebt could not have happened without the collusion of the mainstream media, and it would not have been stopped without the existence of unpaid activists using social media."
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A long way north of New England, Barnaby Joyce has been deployed to Fadden for Qld LNP candidate Cameron Caldwell. Stuart Robert has steered well clear of the electorate after the #RobodebtRC. A snippet of the nightly news from yesterday. #FaddenVotes #auspol https://twitter.com/Qldaah/status/1677944042129326080?t=98pnaA4BNq9wmrsgYvOJ1w&s=19
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@Qldaah
Hiding your illegal and unconscionable behaviour behind a claim that you derive power from a sacred institution is a despicable act perpetrated by the worst examples of human beings.It is used to excuse your actions and avoid accountability.
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This morning, David Littleproud went down the 'no one can be removed from parliament without a conviction' defence of Scott Morrison. #RobodebtRC #auspol
https://twitter.com/9NewsQueensland/status/1677820980880900096?t=W_09g1j-amUG48BP5xMYXg&s=19 -
@MrLee it's interesting to reflect on the fact that this occurs primarily bc it's so obviously beneficial to govt. The plausible deniability from media is actually given weight bc this practice is nothing new. There is a long provenance for strategic leaking to favourable outlets - William McMahon was renown as Billy the Leak for eg.
As media consumers it's reassuring to know that evidence for this collision is so damning. That's not to say justifiable or even remotely fair - it's a call to arms for more media plurality and accountability. That's the structural (and moral) issue for me. The so-called 4th estate is self serving generally and willing to be engaged and used by govt (with eyes wide open) for clicks & bucks.
Govt or even regulating platforms to pay for media outlet stories must not be ruled out. Governance & oversight beefed up and defo law reformed. A bill of rights might be nice too
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The fundamental problem with Robodebt explained in this short clip. Concerns were raised with Christian Porter in 2017. He had ample opportunity at this point to pause it, inform the prime minister and the cabinet of the issue. #auspol #RobodebtRC
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@PatHudsonCartoons #phudsonink Not before my by election! A #cartoon by me #auspol #RobodebtRC #alttext
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RonniSalt
@RonniSalt
So . . . . do you think Kathryn Campbell knows what robodebt means now? -
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So . . . . do you think Kathryn Campbell knows what robodebt means now? -
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@timbell cue P Dutton and Berejiklian comments just last week about #ICAC findings #robodebtRC
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CW: Robodebt; AusPol; Royal Commission; Sparkling consequences
I have absolutely no problem with all of this. Let the adverse findings run free, and the responsible public servants and their masters enjoy the find out stage of their f**king around.
https://www.themandarin.com.au/220090-robodebt-royal-commission-report-delayed-again/
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@the_rail_life
That fits with my experience of the garbage website and the helpful people fronting the desks.Though evidence at the #RobodebtRC has, apparently CentreLink Compliance Officers replying repeatedly to numerous concerns raised by a Centrelink social worker;
"So sad. Too bad."Such folk might be better suited to cleaning up refuse from rail reserves. Yet I fear they'll remain in their jobs.
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#MBJCartoonist #RobodebtRC #robodebt My latest #cartoon for Rationale Magazine #auspol
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CW: Robodebt
A damning consequence in this article by Rick Morton (squigglyrick):
People lost jobs or family through the devastating spiral caused by financial wounds, their physical and mental health conditions worsened. Others were ground down to nothing while attempting to flee domestic violence.
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CW: Robodebt
A full recounting of the history of Robodebt and the key players. Luke is one of the few people in the media who consistently sought the truth about the terrible injustices wrought by this horrific scheme. All involved have undermined the trust in government of some of the most marginal people in this society, plus the broader community as well. Just disgraceful
Robodebt: five years of lies, mistakes and failures that caused a $1.8bn scandal
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#AHeadwithTwoEyes @twoeyehead Malcolm Turnbull gives his "I can't recall" at the #RobodebtRC #auspol
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Sneak peek
Rough for tomorrow's AFR fill-in-
Stop! In the name of Mal
https://patreon.com/glenlelievre
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#RobodebtRC #Auspol
34 written submissions to enquiry now public. Advocacy bodies and organisations warned the government for years that using income averaging and debt collection tactics were causing harm and significant distress.Stuart Robert admits responsibility.
Manslaughter, torture and extortion changes should follow.
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Ex-minister Stuart Robert 'takes responsibility' for Robodebt implementation, admits defending it despite knowing it could be unlawful
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-03-02/qld-robodebt-scheme-government-royal-commission-stuart-robert/102034796Looks like Stuart Robert has dropped some of his bluster and retreated to the Nuremberg Defense. He's making weak excuses for being a key architect and implementer of RoboDebt, which led to the death of many people and harmed the physical and mental health of thousands of Australians. This is on Stuart Robert, and he shouldn't be able to dodge accountability by saying he was "Just following orders".
Key quotes:
Stuart Robert went on television programs defending RoboDebt as a "dutiful cabinet minister", despite being aware it could be unlawful.
"As a senior member of the government, I take absolute responsibility as part of cabinet solidarity for this."
"Ministers are required to defend the government's programs as part of cabinet solidarity regardless of if they agree with them or not."
"I have implemented many things I passionately disagree with, but I'm still required as a minister to represent them and defend them and that's what I've done here, regardless of my personal sense or belief."
"Legal advice is just advice."
#RoboDebt #RoboDebtRC #AusPol #StuartRobert #NurembergDefense