Bill
Oversight Legislation Amendment (Robodebt Royal Commission Response and Other Measures) Bill 2024
passed, as at 2025-02-14. Attorney-General portfolio.
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- The majority voted against an [amendment](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?id=2025-02-12.238.1) introduced by the Australian Greens, which means it failed. This amendment would have added the text below to the usual second reading motion, which is "*that the bill be read a second time*" (parliamentary jargon for agreeing with the main idea of the bill). ### Amendment text > *At the end of the motion, add ", but the Senate:* > > *(a) notes that:* > >> *(i) Robodebt was the worst failure of public administration in Australian history, raising an estimated $1.73 billion of illegitimate debts from over 430,000 vulnerable Australians,* >> >> *(ii) there is widespread community outrage due to a lack of accountability and insufficient findings from completed investigations; and* >> >> *(iii) the Robodebt scheme flourished because of a political and media culture that stigmatises income support recipients, and failures in public sector leadership and culture in key departments; and* > > *(b) calls on the Albanese Government to:* > >> *(i) implement all 57 recommendations of the Robodebt Royal Commission in full to ensure that Robodebt can never happen again,* >> >> *(ii) immediately release the confidential additional chapter of the Robodebt Royal Commission report,* >> >> *(iii) provide the Parliament with an update regarding the status of any civil or criminal referrals made in connection with Robodebt,* >> >> *(iv) reinstate the six-year limitation on debt recovery as a matter of urgency,* >> >> *(v) abolish the punitive Work for the Dole and the Targeted Compliance Framework, that have propagated a culture of punishing income support recipients; and* >> >> *(vi) ensure that the lessons for public sector leadership, management, culture and policy are learned by incorporating study of this failed chapter across public sector leadership education and development training".* — 2025-02-12, Senate: negative, ayes 13, noes 24
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