14 Dec 2022

Australia: Robodebt inquiry, gas plan, Queensland shooting

From Nine To Noon, 9:45 am on 14 December 2022

Australia correspondent Annika Smethurst joins Kathryn to talk about the Royal Commission of Inquiry underway into the country's Robodebt scheme  - an automated debt recovery programme introduced in mid-2016 for welfare recipients which was prone to errors and misjudgements.

Parliamentarians will be recalled next week to pass a law imposing a temporary cap on gas and coal prices and more details have emerged about those involved siege at a Queensland property.

Queensland police say Constable Rachel McCrow, 29, and Constable Matthew Arnold, 26, were killed in a seige at a remote rural property.

Constables Matthew Arnold, 26, and Rachel McCrow, 29, were killed at a siege at a property west of Brisbane. Photo: Supplied/ Queensland Police