Robodebt inquiry hears public servant’s claims she was ‘screamed at irrationally’ after querying scheme

Public servant testifies that she was threatened with losing her job after turning off part of the system without approval

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A Department of Human Services (DHS) official has told a royal commission she was verbally abused and threatened with losing her job by a senior public servant after raising concerns about the robodebt scheme.

On Friday the inquiry heard more evidence about what several witnesses have described as a toxic culture within the department that ran the controversial program between 2015 and 2019.

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