Public servant grilled over robodebt scheme appointed to Aukus role worth $900,000 a year

The former chief of the foreign affairs department Kathryn Campbell remains on her top-tier salary package of nearly $900,000 a year, despite no longer managing any people in her new role as roving Aukus adviser.

The royal commission has yet to make any findings against anyone. It is due to hand over its final report by April.

Labor moved Campbell out of the role of head of Dfat after winning the election but the prime minister, Anthony Albanese, promised not to sack public servants and said she would be given a senior role in the defence portfolio.

The three countries are collaborating on advanced technologies, including hypersonic weapons, artificial intelligence and undersea intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities.