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SaturdayApril 5
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
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University of Newcastle NUspace X207
Level 2
Cnr Hunter & Auckland St
Newcastle NSW 2300
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Mean Streak: Rick Morton in Conversation
A moral vacuum, a dodgy debt generator and a multi-billion-dollar government shake down – this is the true story of robodebt, an initiative described by the Royal Commission’s report as a ‘massive failure of public administration’ caused by ‘venality, incompetence and cowardice’. Award-winning journalist and author Rick Morton followed the case closely, and now brings us Mean Streak, an enraging, compelling tale of how the Australian government gaslit its own citizens for more than four years. And the story isn’t over. Hosted by Abby Millerd.
The Speakers
Rick Morton
A moral vacuum, a dodgy debt generator and a multi-billion-dollar government shake down – this is the true story of robodebt, an initiative described by the Royal Commission’s report as…
Abby Millerd
A moral vacuum, a dodgy debt generator and a multi-billion-dollar government shake down – this is the true story of robodebt, an initiative described by the Royal Commission’s report as…
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Mean Streak
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