Scott Hamilton
"If we're not careful and if there isn't a paradigm shift … we could see it [robodebt] happening again." #RoboDebt #auspol www.sbs.com.au/news/article...

$548.5 million: The price the ...
$548.5 million: The price the government is willing to pay 'to avoid a public trial' of robodebt

The robodebt class action settlement has been billed as the largest of its kind in Australian history. However, one expert argues it represents "accountability avoided", leaving questions of misfeasance unanswered.

SBS News
Sep 14, 2025 at 2:25amWeb
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@sdhamiltonvic.bsky.social

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That's a solid article covering many aspects of #RoboDebt. High quality journalism.

On current approach:
""In Rudge's view, the TCF (Targeted Compliance Framework) has a "broad policy commonality" with other scandals."

"It's a framework designed to ensure that welfare recipients are never permitted to receive an entitlement that is in any way suspected of being an overpayment," ...

#ChristopherRudge #AustralianPublicService #TCF #AusPol #EmmaBrancatisano

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"When a policy initiative is pursued relentlessly, internal decision-making becomes siloed and overly goal-oriented, and decisions are made in an unexamined way that is contrary to law."

#AusPol #APS #RoboDebt #TargetedComplianceFramework