Kyogle Writers Festival out of season event ft Melissa Lucashenko

Rick Morton in Conversation with Melissa Lucashenko

Join the Kyogle Writers Festival for a special out of season event as journalist Rick Morton discusses his new book 'Mean Streak' with author and academic Melissa Lucashenko. From award-winning journalist and writer Rick Morton comes 'Mean Streak', the gripping, utterly compelling and horrifying story of how, over the course of four and a half years, Australia’s government turned on its most vulnerable citizens through its Robodebt scheme. Robodebt saw close to half a million Australian welfare recipients illegally pursued for money they never owed. It was described by Royal Commission's report as a ‘massive failure of public administration’ caused by ‘venality, incompetence and cowardice’.

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