150 tax officials swept up in GST fraud probe
The national audit office says 150 tax officials are among those investigated as part of a widespread GST fraud probe.
13 February, 2024The national audit office says 150 tax officials are among those investigated as part of a widespread GST fraud probe.
13 February, 2024Long time public servant Rob Heferen has been appointed to lead the ATO for the next seven years.
11 December, 2023It was a ‘gross violation of societal norms’ to dishonestly take taxes that should have been spent on the community, the judge said.
3 May, 2023The Australian Taxation Office has renewed its deal with Macquarie Government for cyber security, sovereign data centre and cloud services.
31 January, 2023Members of an ATO taskforce and the AFP have raided properties across Australia as part of their operation to crack down on tax fraud.
20 June, 2022A UK biometric authentication company will provide face scanning technology for myGovID.
17 March, 2021The Treasurer is standing by his department despite a $60 billion JobKeeper error.
25 May, 2020The ATO has been attacked by criminals exploiting the COVID superannuation early access scheme.
7 May, 2020The tax office finds “systemic” failures in property sales reporting by councils.
22 January, 2020A report has cleared the ATO of directing staff to make ‘cash grabs’.
13 March, 2019The Commonwealth’s digital transformation strategy will be accompanied by a roadmap setting out targets and completion dates, minister says.
29 October, 2018Cybersecurity has been the top priority for government agencies when migrating to digital services. A universal expectation from the government is that they will keep our personal and state information safe But this comes with a price. User experience has been poor and speeds and uptime have suffered. After a series of embarrassing failures, including […]
23 November, 2017The inaugural Australian Public Service Diversity and Gender Equality Awards have been held. Winner of the individual award was Justin Lokhorst, Director of Construction Statistics at the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The department/agency award was to the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA), the network award to ATOMIC (the ATO’s Making Inclusion Count LGBTI employee network), […]
8 November, 2017The distribution of commercial spyware to government agencies appears to be common practice in Australia.
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