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An excellent documentary on Robodebt - a government scheme intended to find people who had rorted government benefits, but using flawed methodology.

It showed the devastation caused to those affected - in some cases, workers as well welfare recipients. Hundreds of thousands of debt notices were issues over a number of years, and in some cases, even leading to suicides.

The worrying thing was the attitude of those in charge, who refused to acknowledge faults in the system, from the beginning through to the subsequent enquiry into the disastrous scheme.

My one small quibble is the program's description as a drama. It's a documentary with a few dramatisations.

Most of the people involved in the Australian Lib/Nationals government from 2013 to 2022. A superb series for anybody interested in Australian politics, with input from two of the three prime ministers (plus a previous prime minister) interviewed, as well as many of the ministers and members of government. While none of the interviews is particularly long or in great depth, the range of people interviewed gives a great depth, and excellent insights as to what was going on inside the government.

Each episode covers the government of one prime minister - Tony Abbott, Malcolm Turnbull and Scott Morrison.

A very short film - but with a good mix of comedy, happiness, pathos and seriousness. It shows something of the hard work in caring for a disabled person, but one who is not marginalised in the family.