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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Christopher Knaus

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

Richard Boyle arrives at the Adelaide magistrates court in 2019
Richard Boyle began raising concerns in 2017 about the legality of the Australian Tax Office’s pursuit of debts using garnishee notices. Photograph: Kelly Barnes/AAP

Former tax officer Richard Boyle will front an Adelaide courtroom in just over a fortnight for a hearing that will almost certainly change the fate of whistleblowers who follow in his footsteps.

It has been five years since Boyle blew the whistle on what he says he saw as an egregious wrong.

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