Thank heavens for the summary by Peter Hartcher on Coalition ministers in the last government (p32, SMH news review 9 July 2023). The article nails the important points associated with Robodebt.
And thank heavens for Bill Shorten bringing it to an end (see Hartcher’s final paragraph).
What an appalling thing for an Australian government to have continued to do for years and years. Truly shameful. Let alone illegal.
Wasn’t former minister Christian Porter a legal expert, even the top legal man in Australia as the federal government’s attorney-general for a time? Unbelievable.
For four decades The Echo has printed the stories some people loved, some people hated, and some pretended not to read. If you want us to keep telling the truth, the real truth, not the sugar-coated version. We’ll need your support to keep the presses rolling. 
