Ex-ministers and senior officials involved with the failed robo-debt scheme face a raft of possible adverse findings when the royal commission reports on Friday.
Top officials and former federal ministers are bracing for findings that could send them to the new anti-corruption watchdog or result in code of conduct sanctions when the robo-debt royal commission final report is released on Friday.
Multiple witnesses to the robo-debt royal commission – which included two former prime ministers and a slew of other cabinet ministers and senior public servants – have been asked to give their final response to a long list of adverse findings.
It would be nice if there were actually consequences for running a scheme they knew was illegal and caused a huge amount of harm (for no gain), but I'm expecting some wrists to be slapped.
Australia is pathetic; we should be imprisoning these cunts for the rest of their lives; they literally harassed people to death to satiate their own ideological hubris
I know it must be hyperbole... I would just be happy with a few years in prison as a deterrent and some long community service to bring them back to reality.
Commissioner Catherine Holmes submitted her report to the government on Friday and the commission revealed it contained a “sealed chapter” that “recommends referrals of individuals for civil and criminal prosecution”.
Alright! The best sealed section since Cleo magazine circa 1994.