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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Paul Gallagher

Morning Mail: distress over tax debt letters; whistleblower’s motives revealed; Hamas hostages released

A sign for the Australian Taxation Office
The Australian Taxation Office says it is not actively pursuing the on hold debts but they are ‘legally payable’. Photograph: Lukas Coch/AAP

Good morning. Letters sent by the Australian Taxation Office are causing alarm, with recipients told they have an “on hold” tax debts that may be decades old and will be taken from future refunds. But recipients say some of the debts are from periods so long ago that they are now near impossible to contest.

As the temporary ceasefire in Gaza continues to hold, Israel has released more Palestinians from its prisons after another group of hostages – including Israelis and foreign nationals – were freed by Hamas. But some former hostages face a fresh horror: finding out their loved ones were killed in the 7 October attack. Found out more in our latest live blog.

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