Morning Mail: ATO’s private debt collector, questions over Pine Gap’s role in Gaza war, Louvre heist suspects arrested

Suzanne, who was on Centrelink benefits, says she was in a ‘cycle of financial catchup’ while paying off her modest tax debt. Photograph: Hilary Wardhaugh/The Guardian

Good morning. Today, a story describing how ATO has referred more than 355,000 taxpayers – including welfare recipients – to Recoveriescorp, a private equity-backed debt collector, since January 2024.

Pine Gap, the secretive satellite base outside Alice Springs, has been described as America’s most valuable intelligence site outside US soil. A protest blockade there has raised questions about Australia’s complicity in the Gaza war.