High profile Liberal MP Alan Tudge has been grilled at the Royal Commission into the failed Robodebt Scheme where an entire day has been allocated to hearing his evidence.
When pressed, the former human services minister refused to take
responsibility for his department’s failure to ensure the debt recovery scheme was legal.
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