Government Services Minister Bill Shorten has called former prime minister Scott Morrison a "bottomless well of self-pity" with "not a drop of mercy" for robodebt's victims, after Morrison claimed findings were part of "political lynching".
The report, handed down by Commissioner Catherine Holmes this month, found the "crude and cruel" illegal scheme had treated its victims "like criminals".
That included particular criticism of Morrison, who it found had "allowed cabinet to be misled" on the legality of the scheme.
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