The Administrative Appeals Tribunal made over 1,200 illegal payments to unnamed senior officials.

At least seven top public officials have been allegedly illegally paid for holding two jobs at the same time - department bosses told “seek legal advice”.

Department of Finance Secretary Rosemary Huxtable wasn’t the “decision maker” who approved the department’s waiving of a $41,000 debt to a senior public official, her department has claimed.

The Federal Government was warned waiving senior official’s $41,000 debt was likely illegal and the opposite of the “many examples” of recovering “Centrelink overpayments”. It fully waived the debt anyway.