Daughter of former ATO deputy jailed over $100m tax fraud scheme
It was a ‘gross violation of societal norms’ to dishonestly take taxes that should have been spent on the community, the judge said.
3 May, 2023
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ATO renews $86m cyber deal with Macquarie Government
The Australian Taxation Office has renewed its deal with Macquarie Government for cyber security, sovereign data centre and cloud services.
31 January, 2023
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
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