The Robodebt royal commission is investigating the failed debt recovery scheme that targeted over 400,000 people on government payments. So far, there’s been bombshell revelations that legal doubts over the scheme were ignored or “watered down” by people high up within the federal government. Welfare and inequality editor Luke Henriques-Gomes speaks to Laura Murphy-Oates about how the Robodebt saga unfolded, and whether there was a conspiracy or a stuff up at the heart of the scheme