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Robodebt division head Kathryn Campbell amongst 12 public servants who breached code of conduct 97 instances

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Twelve public servants, together with former division heads Kathryn Campbell and Renée Leon, breached their code of conduct 97 instances, a report into the illegal robodebt scheme has discovered.

The findings of the Australian Public Service Fee’s robodebt taskforce, launched on Friday greater than a 12 months after the inquiry was launched, element the breaches former and present bureaucrats made in the course of the course of the revenue averaging scheme.

The Australian Public Service Commissioner, Gordon de Brouwer, mentioned the scheme was “a failure of government” and apologised for the general public service’s function.

“I apologise for the damage that robodebt caused people and their families and the suffering they endured as a result,” de Brouwer mentioned.

The report substantiated six findings towards Campbell, who was secretary of the division of human companies from 2011 to 2017. She was discovered culpable for 12 breaches, together with a failure to “sufficiently respond to public criticism” and having “created and allowed a culture” that prevented points from being thought-about.

Nonetheless the inquiry discovered that Campbell didn’t mislead cupboard, and mentioned allegations that she directed that preparation of authorized recommendation stop, and that she did not discharge her authorized obligations with respect to the PWC engagement, had been unsubstantiated.

4 findings had been made towards Leon, who was DHS secretary from 2017 to 2020. They detailed 13 breaches of the code of conduct, together with that she did not “expeditiously” inform her minister and colleagues of the solicitor-general’s recommendation on the lawfulness of the scheme and did not stop the apply of revenue averaging below the scheme.

The 2 former company heads is not going to face sanctions as they not work for the general public service. The report notes they should declare the findings, if requested, for the subsequent 5 years if in search of employment or attempt to get work as a contractor with the APS.

Requested about whether or not he believed the heads had been held accountable for his or her function within the scheme, de Brouwer mentioned the APSC was sure by the legislation.

“It’s a big thing. So it’s extremely unusual to name individuals. The whole presumption of the law is the prohibition of naming people,” de Brouwer mentioned.

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“They have been people have been found to have breached the code, and they’ve been held accountable for that, and they know that they held accountable.”

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The opposite 10 public servants, together with 4 nonetheless employed by the APS, breached the code on 72 events, cited for lack of care, diligence, and lack of integrity.

They won’t be named. These nonetheless employed face a spread of sanctions from demotion, reprimands and fines.

In July 2023 the royal commissioner, Catherine Holmes, handed down her report on the robodebt scheme, which she labelled “crude and cruel” and “neither fair nor legal”.

Not less than seven public servants, together with Campbell and Leon, had been the topic of antagonistic findings by Holmes.

It was introduced in August final 12 months that 16 referrals referring to former and present bureaucrats named within the robodebt royal fee report had been made to the APSC’s taskforce.

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