Analysis

If accountability isn't dead, it's at least on life support

Harley Dennett
Updated November 17 2020 - 7:09am, first published 12:35am
Department of Social Services secretary Kathryn Campbell. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos
Department of Social Services secretary Kathryn Campbell. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

The ministers responsible for the extraordinary robodebt settlement won't concede liability, so it'll be on voters to decide if a personal price ought to be paid.

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Harley Dennett

Harley Dennett

Public Service Editor

Former federal politics bureau chief for the Canberra Times, via a career that's taken me from rural Victoria to Washington DC. Telling the stories of my local LGBTI community brought me to political journalism, where I've covered eight budgets, four national elections in two countries, Defence, public service and international governance.

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