Afternoon Update: Swiftmania hits Melbourne; 78-year-old robotax victim ‘distressed’; and New York sues ‘addictive’ social platforms

People line up to purchase Taylor Swift Eras tour merchandise at the MCG in Melbourne. Photograph: Con Chronis/AAP

Good afternoon. The Australian tax office is facing renewed scrutiny for pressuring Australians to repay old debts, in a campaign that has drawn parallels with Centrelink’s robodebt scandal.

In the latest case revealed by Guardian Australia, a 78-year-old retired teacher was ordered to pay a $307 debt from 2004. “After the ATO has hidden a claimed debt from me for 19 years it gave me two weeks to pay an amount I am unable to verify or disprove,” he said. “Whether or not it was a genuine debt, the brutal way in which it was recovered is still robotax.”