In December last year I submitted an FOI request to the Taxation Office concerning their employee engagement survey.

Please note that I submitted this request as I knew the Taxation Office's employee engagement survey closed off in 16 December 2011. Consequently, the timing was opportune.

My hope was that the Taxation Office would be forthcoming and collaborative to set a positive example to other APS agencies. However, despite that hope I also knew it was more…

The Australian Taxation Office released 100 People last week. It illustrates the taxation system at work through 100 people.

For most people how the taxation system works in practice is a it of a black box. Who pays what across the community? The strength of 100 people is that it puts the whole thing on a human scale. Most of us can easily grasp percentages. Even better if it is presented in an engaging…