New laws forcing agencies to cooperate with the Commonwealth Ombudsman and surrender documents have passed parliament, in the latest part of the government’s response to the Robodebt royal commission. The scathing 2023 inquiry found officials at the Department of Human Services and Department of Social Services concealed information and misled the Ombudsman’s during three years…

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