Documents that may have revealed what former ministers knew about the failed robodebt scheme will not be released, a tribunal has ruled.
Advocate Justin Warren first requested access to the 12 documents in 2017 under freedom of information laws but the Administrative Appeals Tribunal on Sunday decided to only release one.
The requested documents include early business plans produced by the Department of Human Services, now known as Services Australia, to justify the robodebt scheme.
Warren believes the full set of documents could reveal what former Prime Minister Scott Morrison and senior ministers, including Christian Porter and Alan Tudge, knew about the scheme….