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The ABC is reporting the ATO is investigating 19 companies for alleged jobkeeper fraud:
The Australian Taxation Office has 19 active criminal investigations into fraud against the $101bn jobkeeper scheme.
It has also issued fines to another 19 applicants to the wage subsidy program who have made false or misleading statements, and is considering penalties for another 24.
Katharine Murphy has an update on the sports rorts investigations:
Bridget McKenzie has declined to appear before a Senate inquiry into the sports grants imbroglio early next year, telling the committee chair she was unavailable on the dates nominated in February.
In correspondence seen by Guardian Australia, the former sport minister said that in order to appear she would require “the provision of a statement of matters expected to be dealt with during the witness’s appearance” and added the matters would need to go beyond the issues addressed in her written submission.
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Read the original article at The Guardian