The National Anti-Corruption Commission started examining robodebt after a damning royal commission report.
The National Anti-Corruption Commission has announced it will not pursue a corruption investigation concerning six public officials involved with the robodebt scheme, but will instead focus on "ensuring lessons learnt". Robodebt was a compliance program that issued 400,000 false debt notices after using an automated assessment system. Some $721 million was wrongfully taken from victims under the scheme.
for investigation. In a statement published on Thursday afternoon, the said it had "carefully considered" each referral and had decided not to pursue an investigation. "The Commission is conscious of the impact of the robodebt scheme on individuals and the public, the seniority of the officials involved, and the need to ensure that any corruption issue is fully investigated," the statement said.
said it would be "undesirable for a number of reasons" to conduct multiple investigations into the same matter. It cited the risk of inconsistent outcomes and "oppression" involved in subjecting individuals to repeated investigation. It also said a corruption investigation would not add value to the public interest as it would duplicate work that had already been done in the royal commission.
statement said. "The Commission has therefore decided not to commence a corruption investigation as it would not add value in the public interest. "However, the Commission considers that the outcomes of the Robodebt Royal Commission contain lessons of great importance for enhancing integrity in the Commonwealth public sector and the accountability of public officials.
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