Shocking to learn politicians and public servants ‘were basically just lying to us’, Andrew Wilkie says
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Early critics of robodebt have said they are shocked, appalled and outraged by how long the Coalition government persisted with the unlawful scheme.
The independent MP Andrew Wilkie and former the administrative appeals tribunal member Terry Carney were responding to the release of the royal commission report on Friday.
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