The NACC received referrals about six public officials from a sealed section in last year’s scathing robo-debt royal commission final report, potentially setting up what would have been its first high-profile public inquiry.Former Coalition government ministers, former prime minister Scott Morrison and former departmental boss Kathryn Campbell were all criticised in the final report into the illegal scheme, but the identities of the individuals referred to the NACC were not made public.
“After close consideration of the evidence that was available to the royal commission, the commission has concluded that it is unlikely it would obtain significant new evidence.”Another inquiry risked “inconsistent outcomes, and the oppression involved in subjecting individuals to repeated investigations,” the NACC statement said.
The royal commission’s 990-page report revealed in exhaustive detail what it described as an elaborate “cover up” and said at least three suicides were linked to robo-debt demands.