Robert says he made false statements about robodebt in TV interviews because it was ‘the approach that cabinet had signed off’
Robert is admitting he made false statements about robodebt in media interviews because of cabinet solidarity.
Asked about his interview with Laura Tingle in August 2019, Robert says “one doesn’t tend to forget interviews with Laura Tingle.”
Robert’s response to Tingle’s questions about income averaging was a flat-out defence of it. He tells the commission…