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Robodebt inquiry hears claim Social Services official ‘sat on’ damning external legal advice about scheme

Robodebt inquiry hears claim Social Services official ‘sat on’ damning external legal advice about scheme

Former mid-level official Kristin Lumley says she believed there was ‘inaction’ from her boss and it would ‘end up in federal court’Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA former Department of Social Services official accused one of her bosses of “sitting on” damning external legal advice, a royal commission has been told.The commission is examining why and how the unlawful Centrelink debt recovery scheme was established in 2015 and ran until November 2019, ending in a $1.8bn settlement with hundreds of thousands of victims.

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