Kathryn Campbell, former secretary of the Department of Human Services, defends her role in the robodebt scheme and criticizes Bill Shorten's claims that she and Scott Morrison 'dreamed up' the program.
The APSC report substantiated six findings against Campbell, who was secretary of the Department of Human Services from 2011 to 2017.The APSC report substantiated six findings against Campbell, who was secretary of the Department of Human Services from 2011 to 2017.
The findings included a failure to “sufficiently respond to public criticism” and having “created and allowed a culture” that prevented issues from being considered., Campbell appeared to indicate she felt she was unfairly blamed for her role in the controversy. She criticised Bill Shorten, the government services minister, for saying she and the former prime minister Scott Morrison had “dreamed up”.“There had been ministerial comments from minister Shorten about me and no one else. Just me.
“The found I did respond to whistleblowers, but didn’t stop the system. And it wasn’t my decision to stop the system,” she told the paper.“I’ve respected the process. I respected the royal commission. I reject all the things that the royal commission said,” she told the Australian. “I respected the public service, particularly the staff who worked on this review, to give them the opportunity to do the review thoroughly.
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