Unnamed individuals will be referred for criminal and civil prosecution after a royal commission handed down its report into the unlawful Robodebt scheme today. Subscribe: ab.co/1svxLVE
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Commissioner Catherine Holmes branded the former Coalition government's debt-raising scheme an "extraordinary saga" of "venality, incompetence and cowardice".
The ABC has confirmed that people are being referred to the Australian Federal Police, the National Anti-Corruption Commission, the Law Society (although it is unclear which jurisdiction), and the Australian Public Service Commissioner.
The three-volume, 990-page report, includes 57 recommendations - the culmination of hundreds of hours of evidence, thousands of exhibits, and nearly a million documents.
A sealed chapter recommends referrals of individuals for civil and criminal prosecution.
Those individuals, whose identities remain a secret, have been referred to four authorities for further investigation.
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