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Big four gouged $10b over a decade and kept taxpayers in...

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The numbers are staggering. In the past decade Australia's state and federal governments have forked out more than $10 billion on the big four...

John Hewson asserts that Scott Morrison should resign

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The Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme has identified appalling dishonesty and lapses in government processes that had serious consequences for the innocent, and...

Our political swamp will not be cleansed by the disgracing of...

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There is a danger in the ongoing humiliation of Scott Morrison that he becomes a convenient fall guy for a wider system failure. Morrison’s conduct...

Buckle up: The federal Jan. 6 indictment might be around the...

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Special counsel Jack Smith in Washington on June 9. (Tom Brenner for The Washington Post) Special counsel Jack Smith has been toiling away for months,...

How to make sure RoboDebt could never happen again: ditch Westminster,...

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In RoboDebt’s wake, our very system of government needs to be bulldozed and rebuilt. Rex Patrick argues it is time for a republican model,...

The ‘dole-bludger’ myth can die now — the real cheats were...

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Michel Foucault’s Discipline and Punish, a book drummed into a generation of sociology students, begins with a long description of a public execution in...

Robodebt royal commission has handed down 57 recommendations to improve the...

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Robodebt royal commission recommends prosecutions, reform and an end to arbitrary cabinet secrecy The robodebt royal commission has suggested individuals be referred for prosecution, alongside...

Seven public servants criticised in robodebt report as agencies consider response

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Seven public servants criticised in robodebt report as agencies consider response. Robodebt royal commissioner Catherine Holmes found that public servants had misled cabinet, and...

The ‘horror story’ of Robodebt ‘monster’ is a shameful saga of...

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Michael Pascoe writes in The Newdaily When Scott Morrison gets around to disputing the Robodebt Royal Commission’s findings about his crucial role in the scandal...

PwC’s ‘phoenix operation’ draws criticism

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This week, the Big Four consultancy PwC “exited” another eight senior partners from the firm, as a result of the ongoing tax leaks scandal....