The Two Jacks discuss the testimony offered thus far to the Royal Commission into Robodebt. There were multiple failures within the public service and with their political masters, especially Alan Tudge who seems to view the Westminster system of ministerial responsibility as responsible with a big but. Overall, what the Royal Commission has exposed will lead to a serious blow to public confidence in the bureaucracy. The hole cannot be filled by consultancies, where the Two Jacks report on governments past and present are spending millions in what is effectively removing the watch from government and telling it what the time is.

There's positive news and information from Cape York on the Voice. Overseas, the US cowers from a balloon, Trump's presidential push faces real pressure from within his own party and we review inflation figures in Europe where JTI opines that nationalised energy supply as in France has delivered an inflation rate the envy of Europe while in sport a whisper tom JTI from the NRL clubs shows a players' strike is a real possibility.