Rick Morton’s Mean Streak exposes the populism behind the unlawful robodebt scheme
- Written by Peter Whiteford, Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
At nearly 500 pages, Rick Morton’s Mean Streak provides a detailed account of the development and collapse of the robodebt scheme, which started in 2014 and is, in some ways, not yet finished.
The book’s primary source is the Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme, which conducted hearings between October 2022 and March 2023. The...





