Keith Wolahan has delivered a speech rare in both its honesty and its intellectual framing.
Keith Wolahan said robo-debt offended the sanctity of the individual,due process and the presumption of innocence and urged his party to learn the lessons from it.
The former prime minister has described the commission’s findings against him as “disproportionate,wrong,unsubstantiated and contradicted by clear evidence”.
Obfuscation over the former public servant’s fate raises questions about what the public will be told about others shamed by the robo-debt royal commission.
Kathryn Campbell’s resignation,effective last Friday,comes after damning findings were made against her by the robo-debt royal commission.
It is apparent that senior public servants are so grossly overpaid that they aren’t going to rock the boat with “frank and honest” advice to their ministerial masters who earn far less.
The Royal Commission into the Robo-debt Scheme has claimed its first bureaucratic scalp,but the scythe is surely swinging for politicians involved in the iniquitous and unlawful program to recoup Centrelink debts.
The robo-debt royal commission made a range of scathing findings against Kathryn Campbell,who ran the Department of Human Services when the welfare debt recovery scheme was introduced.
A Universal Basic Income would create a more equitable nation,reduce tax evasion and lead to smaller government. Not convinced? You haven’t met Everald Compton.
Politicians on all sides,public servants and even the press gallery will be making a grievous mistake if they expect Morrison’s eventual departure will stop the rot.
Surprise,surprise – a female given the job when things are in a mess.