Scott Morrison and Stuart Robert presided over a gross policy failure that brutally harmed vulnerable Australians and cost the nation $1.2 billion in compensation. Yet they still have their jobs, writes Belinda Jones.
Source: Morrison and Robodebt-responsible ministers deserve to lose their jobs
Will Tudge go down as Australia’s worst ever appointed Minister beating Peter Dutton who was voted worst ever Health, Immigration, and Homeland Security?
And at this point, with the discussion of the onus, it is worth reflecting that a pernicious feature of the scheme is that it simply externalised the department’s work to make the government of the day – and numbers in its budget – look better and to garner favourable media coverage. Of course, the stress, heartache and effort borne by welfare recipients targeted by the program well and truly eclipsed any savings in the Government’s budget.
There was not much point in the program at all if it both failed and didn’t win the Government favourable media coverage.
Source: Alan Tudge’s Robodebt RC performance akin to pulling teeth
There are many members of the Morrison ministry you’d imagine would be ‘doing a Gladys’ right about now.
Source: Who would a federal ICAC have in its sights? Let us count the ministers
Morrison now faces multiple, serious threats Coupled with a poorly managed political crisis over the treatment of women, Morrison’s 2021 has been tin-eared. A sharp decline of public trust in government, in expertise, and in institutional competence looms as a clear and present danger for Morrison’s popularity.
Source: As Australia’s vaccination bungle becomes clear, Morrison’s political pain is only just beginning
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