The Westminster Tradition
Unpacking lessons for the public service, starting with the Robodebt Royal Commission.
In 2019, after three years, Robodebt was found to be unlawful. The Royal Commission process found it was also immoral and wildly inaccurate.
In 2019, after three years, Robodebt was found to be unlawful. The Royal Commission process found it was also immoral and wildly inaccurate.
Ultimately the Australian Government was forced to pay $1.8bn back to more than 470,000 Australians.
In this podcast we dive deep into public policy failures like Robodebt and the British Post Office scandal - how they start, why they're hard to stop, and the public service lessons we shouldn't forget.
Podcasting since 2023 • 48 episodes
The Westminster Tradition
Latest Episodes
Picking the Scab of Recruitment - Part 1 'The Applicant'
Drawing on overwhelming feedback from our listeners, in this episode we unpack the experience of being recruited into the public sector (or ghosted along the way). Danielle takes us throughWhat goes in Role Descriptions ...
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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Oakden aged care scandal part 3 - “Boss on the floor” … or, how bad things stayed secret
How did the abuse at Oakden remain hidden for so long? And what finally brought it to light?In this episode we discuss:why families might not complainhow small, isolated outposts can hide terrible thingsthe ...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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REDUX - What the NACC is going on? Updates on Robodebt and the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC)
In light of this week's decision that the NACC will pursue investigations into six public officials, we thought we would repost this episode from December 2024 explaining why the NACC's original decision to take no further action needed ...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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Oakden aged care scandal part 2 - there’s no $$$ in limbo
For over a decade, the state government vacillated about whether or not to privatise the Oakden Older Persons Mental Health Facility.Once the 2007 accreditation crisis had passed, however, it never reached the top of the ‘to do’ list. Me...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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Oakden aged care scandal part 1 - good in a crisis (...bad on the follow through)
We return for 2025 with a series on the Oakden Older Persons Mental Health Facility, an SA Government run facility whose scandalous conditions and institutionalised elder abuse were exposed in 2017, prompting (among other things) a Commonwealth...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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