Tax Commissioner attacks 'out of control' press over whistleblower reporting

By Eryk Bagshaw
Updated October 28 2019 - 9:26pm, first published October 23 2019 - 10:00pm

Australian Tax Office Commissioner Chris Jordan has accused the media of lying and engaging in "deliberately sensationalist" reporting over allegations the agency was ripping money out of individual and small business accounts under a directive to use more heavy-handed debt collection tactics.

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