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Meet the woman who exposed Robodebt

This week, Rick Morton won the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards for his book Mean Streak. It’s a huge achievement and we are thrilled for him.

This book was the culmination of years of reporting on Robodebt – a government scheme that destroyed lives.

At 7am, we were lucky enough to work with Morton on a series, which we published in 2023, about how Robodebt was allowed to happen. There’s one episode from that series that we still think about all the time – about a woman who saw what was happening and called it out.

We hope you read Rick’s important book Mean Streak – and we hope you enjoy this episode from our series Inside Robodebt.

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Guest: Rick Morton, author of Mean Streak and winner of the non-fiction prize at the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards

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