Agencies face a new post-Robodebt statutory duty next year to cooperate with Ombudsmen and could be forced to hand over records under legislation that passed the House of Representatives on Thursday. The proposed duty to assist and information gathering powers backed by a new offence come after the Commonwealth Ombudsman failed to uncover Robodebt’s illegality…

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