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Rex Patrick threatens ATO boss with contempt of parliament

Tom McIlroy

Tax Commissioner Chris Jordan faces referral to a parliamentary committee over his refusal to hand over a list of companies who received JobKeeper payments.

Crossbench senator Rex Patrick has escalated his fight to get the full list of firms that received a share of the $90 billion wage assistance scheme on Wednesday, noting Parliament’s privileges committee could fine or jail anyone defying lawful orders for the production of documents.

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Tom McIlroy was the Financial Review’s Canberra bureau chief.

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