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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Christopher Knaus

Wife of ATO whistleblower Richard Boyle urges Anthony Albanese to stop prosecution

Richard Boyle and his wife Louise Beaston
ATO whistleblower Richard Boyle and his wife Louise Beaston outside court in 2019. Boyle is seeking to use whistleblower protections and has appealed to the SA supreme court. Photograph: Kelly Barnes/AAP

Richard Boyle’s wife has privately pleaded with the prime minister and attorney general to intervene and end his prosecution, describing the ordeal as a nightmare and an injustice that has shattered their lives.

Boyle spoke out internally, then to an independent watchdog and then to the media in 2018 about the Australian Taxation Office’s aggressive pursuit of tax debts from small businesses, which he said was destroying lives and causing unnecessary trauma to help the agency meet revenue goals.

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