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Call to end ATO whistleblower prosecution

The Human Rights Law Centre has called on the Commonwealth to withdraw its prosecution of tax office whistleblower Richard Boyle.

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Geordie prisoner found dead in cell had 'wrap of 23 tablets inside his body'

Simon Boyle was serving a five-year sentence at Holme House when he was found unconscious

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Court document filed by ATO whistleblower as part of immunity application details 'bad culture' at department

South Australian whistleblower Richard Boyle has accused the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) in court documents of being "callous" after taxpayer threats of suicide went ignored by senior Adelaide staff members.

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Morning mail: Morrison committee revelations, occupied Ukraine ‘votes’, Trump legal woes

Wednesday: Documents reveal a committee of which the former PM was the only permanent member met hundreds of times. Plus: how many ants are there in the world?

The Guardian - AU

Whistleblower claims ATO was ‘callous’ when taxpayer said he was ‘losing will to live’ over debts

Richard Boyle alleges tax office blocked him from helping individuals and one senior staff member said ‘I am sick of taxpayers threatening suicide’

The Guardian - AU

Are Australia’s whistleblowing laws fit for purpose? A former tax officer’s hearing may tell us

Richard Boyle will try to convince a court he should be protected by the Public Interest Disclosure Act. If he fails, the calls for a legal overhaul of whistleblower protections will likely be overwhelming

The Guardian - AU

Courts lift suppression orders on ATO whistleblower Richard Boyle’s landmark case

Boyle took unprecedented step of invoking Australia’s whistleblower protections after exposing tax agency’s aggressive debt collecting practices in 2018

The Guardian - AU

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'A chilling example': Dreyfus urged to drop ATO whistleblower case

The whistleblower is facing life in prison for revealing harsh debt recovery practices by the ATO.

The Canberra Times

Tax office whistleblowing saga points to reforms needed in three vital areas

Last Friday’s twist in the long prosecution of Australian Taxation Office whistleblower Richard Boyle – now headed for its fifth year – brings into relief the serious flaws in our nation’s whistleblowing laws.

The Conversation

Prosecutors seek suppression orders in case against tax office whistleblower Richard Boyle

Adelaide-based public servant blew the whistle on the use of garnishee notices to claw back debts from taxpayers

The Guardian - AU

Albanese government continues push to keep parts of Bernard Collaery case secret

Human Rights Law Centre says new attorney general should abandon the appeal and let judgment ‘finally see the light’

The Guardian - AU

Can we get the bill?

Liberal MP Bridget Archer could cross the floor to support Labor’s 43% emissions target, and Anthony Albanese has called an emergency meeting of state and territory leaders after the controversial decision to bin the $750-a-week isolation payment.

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Attorney-General rejects calls to drop prosecution of ATO whistleblower Richard Boyle ahead of trial

Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus has ruled out dropping charges against former ATO public-servant-turned-whistleblower Richard Boyle, who is set to face trial later this month.

ABC News

‘Witness K and Bernard Collaery are heroes’: how Australia made two men pay for its dirty secrets

Decision by new government to abandon prosecution prompts widespread relief from lawyers and supporters in Australia and Timor-Leste

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The Guardian - AU

Prosecution of whistleblower lawyer Bernard Collaery dropped after decision by attorney general

Mark Dreyfus ordered the commonwealth DPP to discontinue case over alleged unlawful disclosure of classified information

The Guardian - AU

Coalition government spent $6m prosecuting Bernard Collaery and three other whistleblowers

Exclusive: Figures provided to the Guardian reveal exorbitant legal bill for pursuing cases against Collaery, Witness K, Richard Boyle and David McBride

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Labor government urged to drop prosecutions against whistleblowers and ramp up protections

As the Albanese government works on getting legislation ready for its highly anticipated corruption watchdog, calls are growing for it to boost protections for whistleblowers and drop criminal prosecutions against Richard Boyle, David McBride and Bernard Collaery, and to advocate for Julian Assange.

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Tax office move to ‘license’ journalists risks extending government control over corporate information

The proposal, which would introduce a tiered system of access to corporate data, has put the ATO in conflict with the MEAA, the journalists union.

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The Guardian - AU

On World Press Freedom Day, will Australia’s major parties pledge to fix our whistleblowing law?

Richard Boyle, David McBride and Bernard Collaery have spoken up about serious wrongdoing. Prosecuting them is undemocratic

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