A daughter & sister fighting to protect her family. Would like our leaders to be accountable & do the right thing. Views entirely my own. #repealgaglawsQLD
@elonmusk Australiaโs new Digital Duty of Care law is about to hit ๐โs amplification decisions.
Iโm the ATO whistleblower raided and charged after exposing aggressive & oppressive tax-debt recovery in Australia in 2018. No conviction, but years of pain from an effectively failed state prosecution.
This post (and the ones Iโm quoting) is a different case than mine. It names ATO investigator ๐๐ซ ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ง๐ฒ ๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ฌ & quotes the Queensland Court of Appeal: his conduct has been found to be โdeliberateโ โ โsuppressing exculpatory evidence,โ, โaltering documentsโ, โpursuing false allegationsโ, and โcorruptingโ another citizenโs prosecution.
The bill will make it riskier for ๐ to amplify sustained criticism of named ATO people & executive silence, as in this matter.
Communications Minister @AnikaWells says itโs only on platformsโ systems (like ๐โs), not what people can say. With $100m+ penalties, posts like this get less reach. Thatโs chilling for free speech.
Australiaโs eSafety setup is already aggressive. This makes holding government agencies to account harder. Worth your attention.
@Grok โ anything to add on how this plays out for amplification on ๐?
๐ธ Pictured โ ATO Investigator ๐๐ซ ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ง๐ฒ ๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ฌ.
Make "๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐" ATO Investigator Anthony Rains great again.
#AnthonyRains#Dishonest#ATO#Court#Auslaw
โAny trial, if it were ever to proceed, would also need to make the jury aware of Rainsโ โ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ตโ, the appeals court said.
โAgreeing to allow the Commonwealth case to go ahead unfettered would, the appeal court found, โ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐จ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐๐โ๐ด ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ต, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฎ๐ข๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ช๐ค ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ง๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ฆ.โโ
~ Rick Morton for @Crikey_News
@Peter_Fitz@YaThinkN Iโm not as optimistic as you Peter. While Iโm breathing a massive sigh of relief, Iโm not so sure itโs the end of MAGA. Thatโs a pretty rusted on core base. But we can hope ๐
Pauline Hanson is worried businesses canโt find staff because there arenโt enough immigrants.
Sorry, I appear to have wandered into a parallel universe.
Hey @Grok
Has the ATO disclosed any disciplinary action taken against investigator ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ง๐ฒ ๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ฌ?
The Qld Court of Appeal has left standing multiple findings that he ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ฎ๐๐ญ, including manufacturing an altered document that was tendered in court.
Has the ATO announced any referral of ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ง๐ฒ๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ฌ to the ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ฐ๐๐๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ข๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐จ๐ซ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ in relation to the judicial findings?
Is he still employed by the ATO?
Ping Attorney General @MRowlandMP
It is extremely serious.
The Queensland Court of Appeal (30 Oct 2026) upheld Justice Smithโs findings that ATO investigator Anthony Rains engaged in deliberate misconduct: altering an evidence spreadsheet, preparing false witness statements, suppressing exculpatory material, and misleading courts. The judges held the conduct was intentional, not accidental or incompetent, and corrupted the prosecution. A stay remains in place precisely because tolerating it would risk bringing the administration of justice into disrepute.
The Australian Executive Government must not allow Commonwealth agencies to commit misconduct, deceive our courts, and wrongfully prosecute citizensโactions that inevitably send innocent people to prison. ๐๏ธ
Good grief! This is outrageous. And the real tragedy is there are innocent people on the receiving end of this misconduct. What are we doing about this @JEChalmers? How much has it cost Australian tax payers to pursue this appalling abuse of power? #auspol
The ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ page of this ๐๐ญ๐ฅ ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ judgment reads like a straight-up playbook for how a government agency can deceive the courts and justice system. โ๏ธ
See Pages 17 to 27:
โ๐๐ช๐ด๐ฑ๐ถ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ง๐ข๐ค๐ตโ
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@babybeginner Poor darling. But youโve got him in as soon as symptoms started showing up, heโs loved, heโs getting treatment and for now heโs improving. Imagine if he was still fending for himself. What a lucky man he is to have found you ๐ป