Labor calls for robo-debt accountability after mass resignation of Dutch government
The Netherlands welfare scandal has seen cabinet and opposition members hand in their notice, treating the issue with the integrity the ALP wants Scott Morrison to emulate.
January 18, 2021 03:51 GMT (19:51 PST) | Topic: Innovation
The federal opposition is calling on the Coalition to take a leaf out of the Dutch government s book and react with integrity over the way it handled robo-debt.
In the Netherlands, tax officials wrongly accused thousands people of fraud and ordered them to repay childcare benefits between 2013 and 2019. As a result, the Dutch government resigned.
The cabinet s resignation came after the publication of a parliamentary report last month, which concluded that fundamental principles of the rule of law had been violated .
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Indonesian President Joko Widodo . - Reuters
JAKARTA (The Straits Times/ANN): Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Tuesday (Dec 22) replaced six ministers, in a major cabinet reshuffle aimed at recovering from the coronavirus pandemic which has plunged the country into its first recession since the 1998 financial crisis.
Budi Gunadi Sadikin, a deputy state-owned enterprises minister who also leads the national economic recovery task force, has been named the new Health Minister to replace Dr Terawan Agus Putranto.
Sandiaga Uno, former Jakarta vice governor who also ran in the presidential elections as a deputy to Joko s rival Prabowo Subianto has been appointed Tourism and Creative Economy Minister, replacing Wishnutama Kusubandio.
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