Who runs Australia? Is it the politically accountable politicians elected through the democratic process? Or is it the unidentified, unelected, bureaucrats who hide behind closed doors?
A situation happening now indicates that at least some Commonwealth bureaucrats think they run the country and democracy can go jump!
In the April budget last year, the Morrison government announced that the Tax Office would no longer be able to collect a small business tax debt while in dispute and under appeal.
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