Former prime minister Scott Morrison has told a royal commission he was focused on tackling welfare fraud and not privy to departmental discussions over the legality of the disastrous robodebt scheme.
While giving evidence to a royal commission into the scheme on Wednesday, Mr Morrison had to be told several times to stay on topic and listen to questions.
Robodebt involved using individuals' annual tax information provided by the ATO to determine average fortnightly earnings and automatically establish welfare debts, an approach ruled unlawful by the Federal Court in 2019.
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