The Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme report was delivered in July 2023. Operation Myrtleford was an investigation into the six persons referred by the Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme. This is the report on the National Anti-Corruption Commission's (the Commission) investigation of corruption issues relating to the conduct of the referred persons. 

The Commission is invested with the power to make recommendations as part of its investigation reports aimed at preventing corrupt conduct from occurring again. In this case, however, the Royal Commission made a number of recommendations to improve the budget process and agency responses to the Commonwealth Ombudsman, and they have since been implemented. The Commission finds these measures should be sufficient to prevent recurrence of the type of corrupt conduct found in this investigation. Therefore, it has not made recommendations in this report. 

Key findings

• Two of the referred persons, Mr Mark Withnell and Ms Serena Wilson, engaged in corrupt conduct of a serious nature.
• The remaining four referred persons did not engage in corrupt conduct within the meaning of the National Anti-Corruption Commission Act 2022 (Cth).