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While the broader union movement is backing a Yes campaign, the Victorian and Tasmanian branch of the CFMEU won’t be taking a position either way.

Ukraine says Russia used banned cluster bombs a day after the US agreed to supply them to Kyiv; fearful Germany will try to delay Ukraine NATO membership; Switzerland’s cheese crisis. Follow the latest here.

The Federal seat of Fadden is currently up for grabs after the exit of former member Stuart Robert, whose numerous scandals may affect the LNPs chances of re-election.

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has sensationally accused Prime Minister Anthony Albanese of taking "glee" in politicising the Royal Commission into Robodebt - a failed Coalition scheme which devastated the lives of hundreds of thousands of Australians.

Robodebt was not an aberration. Whether fully automated or not, the “income compliance” programs began under the Hawke-Keating Labor government in the 1990s and continue to this day.

Peter Dutton has ignored calls for Scott Morrison to resign over the robodebt scandal after the Commissioner found the ex-PM failed to meet his ministerial responsibilities as social services minister.

The findings into the robo-debt scandal have provoked passionate reaction among Age readers.

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If ever there was an instance of such a hideous failing in government policy and its cowardly implementation by the public service, Australia’s cruel, inept and vicious Robodebt program would have to be one of them. Robodebt was a scheme developed ...

If there was an instance of a hideous failing in government policy and its cowardly implementation by the public service, Australia’s vicious Robodebt scheme is one of them.