Stuart Robert tells royal commission he went on television programs defending the program as a 'dutiful cabinet minister' despite being aware it could be unlawful.
He earlier said: "Ministers are required to defend the government's programs as part of cabinet solidarity regardless of if they agree with them or not".
He told the inquiry more questions should have been asked about Robodebt and he remained "flabbergasted" that legal advice had not been ordered sooner.former Department of Human Services secretary Renee Leon made to the royal commission that he had been slow to stop the schemHe also denied telling Professor Leon the government would "double down" on the scheme, once he had been given legal advice it was not lawful.
Mr Robert said he had a very strong view the numbers used in Robodebt "didn't add up" but he could not tell cabinet he was not confident of the scheme without legal advice.
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