Royal commission found the former head of the Department of Human Services was responsible for department that had established ‘an unlawful program’

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Senior Department of Defence official Kathryn Campbell has been suspended without pay in the wake of the royal commission report into robodebt.

The Canberra Times reported, and Guardian Australia has independently confirmed, that Campbell was suspended without pay, effective Monday 10 July – three days after the royal commission report was tabled.

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