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Whistleblower Richard Boyle avoids conviction and jail after revealing tax office’s unethical behaviour (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 1 year ago by Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to c/australia@aussie.zone

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[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Does anyone remember specifically why he wasn't protected by whistleblower laws?

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[–] smegger@aussie.zone 10 points 1 year ago

Sounds like they wanted to try and make an example of him for leaking information outside of the ATO. Pretty brutal response, they do really need to strengthen whistle blower protections more.

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[–] discozombie@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I think it's because he took/leaked confidential documents belonging to the ATO. This isn't covered by the public information disclosure laws. You do not need to collect evidence, that's up to the investigators, you are encouraged to provide your own records eg notes, journals.

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