Government agency deliberately broke law for years, federal watchdog finds
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-27/services-australia-knowingly-broke-law-for-years/106261814
Government agency deliberately broke law for years, federal watchdog finds
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-27/services-australia-knowingly-broke-law-for-years/106261814
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I’ve said this before – but laws without enforcement aren’t worth the paper they are written on, it’s concerning that governments and departments are free to just pick and choose what laws they can follow.
It’s time for heads to roll and jail time. Public servants and department heads are not above the law.
I getting that the law was poorly drafted and that Child Services implemented the intent and not the letter of the law?
Sure correct it, but we all only have so many fucks to give, and this doesn’t seem to be something I should waste energy being offended by.
On the other hand, I want to see the corruption investigation, and, criminal charges laid against the robodebt 6, or at least some of them.
While ignoring the law obviously isn’t ideal, I don’t necessarily disagree with the policy.
Regardless of relative income levels, it would be absurd for a parent to be a recipient of child support if they only had the kid every other weekend.
>”It’s not acceptable that public service agencies should just decide what parts of the law they should apply or not,” Ombudsman Iain Anderson told the ABC.
>”We’re now six years on and it still hasn’t been fixed.”
“We find the defendant guilty. Damn, someone should do something about that. There he goes, out of my courtroom and into the world. Man. That’s a shame. Someone ought to stop him one day.”