Time is running out for the release of the robodebt report's sealed section ahead of next year's federal election, with "sincere" hopes Labor will publish it.
The Albanese government last month announced it would propose the release of the redacted section from the royal commission's final report into the illegal scheme, which was released in July 2023.
Asked if it would be released during this term of parliament, Government Services Minister Bill Shorten said he wanted the chapter made public once the National Anti-Corruption Commission finished examining the six individuals named in it.
"I sincerely hope that my colleagues in the government ... when the NACC (commission) has revisited the matter, are then able to release the sealed section," he told reporters on Monday.
"That'll be a matter for others to decide once the NACC is concluded. But I think it is important for closure."
Mr Shorten will retire from politics in February, and a federal election must be held by May.
A report in October found anti-corruption watchdog Commissioner Paul Brereton hadn't adequately excused himself from a decision not to investigate six referrals from the royal commission over the scheme.
The commission is now re-considering whether the referrals should be investigated.
The royal commission slammed the scheme as unfair, unreasonable and one which had targeted some of Australia's most vulnerable.
It automatically calculated debt by averaging an individual's income and this led to welfare recipients being falsely accused of owing the government money.
Between 2016 and 2019, the former coalition government's illegal scheme recovered more than $750 million from almost 400,000 people.
Robodebt was later linked to several suicides.
Mr Shorten said a year on, Services Australia had implemented 25 out of 26 recommendations.
"We're determined that the terrible, failed experiment that was robodebt ... will never happen again," he said.
