For those who are following the proceedings of the Royal Commission that has been a lot of testimony which has beggared belief. The incredible lack of empathy from the politicians who push the scheme into implementation and the senior public servants who enabled it is deeply concerning.

Thankfully the head of the commission is a no nonsense woman who is being very pointed in her questions and has elicited some damning admissions.

However testimony from a widowed disability worker Sandra Bevan yesterday was very telling.

http://twitter.com/strangerous10/status/1616191630364803073?s=20&t=dXzQltJWBmcH-3NGd_RTMQ

It has left me very angry and with a firm conviction those responsible should be removed from positions of power over the community. Hopefully the Liberal ministers involved leave parliament before the Coalition are let anywhere near the levers of power.

It might be heart-RENDING to some people.

It is heart-rendering - to most people - that's true.
But of course - it goes on the assumption that one
must have a heart for it to be so.
As we can see from this forum - there's many here who are robots
and have no heart -
Hence the robodebt scheme suited them to a tee.

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Dear Steele,

We were told that former Liberal government ministers -
Scott Morrison, Marisa Payne, Christian Porter, Alan Tudge,
Stuart Robert, were all involved in the drafting,
implementation, and eventual closure of the scheme from 2015
to 2019.

The Royal Commission is doing a thorough investigation of these
matters and is due to publish its final report in April 2023.
Thus far as you pointed out - the testimonies of so many people
have been very distressing. So many lives ruined. Those
responsible must be held to account.

But whether they will be is another matter. Politicians are very
good at doing their Houdini acts - I guess we shall have to wait
and see how much power the Royal Commission actually has.

What I find fascinating here is that those of a certain leaning are always the ones so outraged at the failures of government.

Their entire political philosophy is that more government is the solution to all problems, real or imagined. But when shown that government screws up, they become outraged at the evidence.

But we all know that 'screwed up' is the default position for government and it ought to be expected that whatever programmes or initiatives they implement will be mucked up.

Indeed if we ever find a government programme or department that isn't a disaster we should hold a Royal Commission into it to find out what went right.

The whole Robodebt programme is an admission that the welfare systems failed by overpaying some people. So to fix a failed system, they introduce an new (inevitably) failed system . And now we have an enquiry to work out what systems we should implement to fix the failed system that was implemented to fix a failed system.

Behold, government in the 21st century.

The people of Australia held their own Royal Commission
at the last federal election at the ballot box. And we now
have a government that is calling for transparency and
accountability - which the former government fought tooth and
nail. Predictably the ones criticizing that are the ones who
supported the former government's decision previously. And
now are attempting to excuse and assign blame elsewhere.

Typical outmoded tactics that no longer work. Will they learn
anything for the future? - from what we can see - not a chance!

Was Gerry Harvey sent a Robodebt letter to recover the $12 million he pocketed from the taxpayer, no way Jose', thanks to all that yummy money from his mates in government ScumO' and Friedbrain. Now Australia has a trillion dollar of Liberal Party debt, and nothing to show for it except years of economic pain.