ATO leads raids on tax fraudsters

Members 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, 2022

ATO awards $11m contract for face scanning technology

A UK biometric authentication company will provide face scanning technology for myGovID.

17 March, 2021

Treasurer stands by ATO after $60b JobKeeper bungle

The Treasurer is standing by his department despite a $60 billion JobKeeper error.

25 May, 2020

Criminals target COVID superannuation access scheme

The ATO has been attacked by criminals exploiting the COVID superannuation early access scheme.

7 May, 2020

ATO warns councils over property reporting

The tax office finds “systemic” failures in property sales reporting by councils.

22 January, 2020

‘Annus horribilis’ for ATO but no cash grabs

A report has cleared the ATO of directing staff to make ‘cash grabs’.

13 March, 2019

Roadmap to keep us accountable: Keenan

The Commonwealth’s digital transformation strategy will be accompanied by a roadmap setting out targets and completion dates, minister says.

29 October, 2018

ATO hopes for clear skies as it moves to public cloud

Cybersecurity 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, 2017

Statistician had the numbers to win APS equality award

The 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, 2017

Spyware merchants: the risks of outsourcing government hacking

The distribution of commercial spyware to government agencies appears to be common practice in Australia.

24 July, 2017

APS underperformance ignored by managers, says audit

Poor performers encouraged to resign or retire.

24 May, 2017

MyGov: “we listened and we got it” says minister after digital makeover

Users double over two years.

23 May, 2017

Digital Transformation Minister talks data, avoids Centrelink robo debt

Says DTA’s powers at their height.

5 May, 2017

Centrelink Robodebt: Human Services off the hook?

But Commonwealth Ombudsman’s report cites poor service delivery.

10 April, 2017