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Why ‘I’d never fall for it’ won’t help protect you from a tax impersonation scam

For a few months each year, a familiar sender starts turning up in Australians’ texts and inboxes: the Australian Taxation Office. Sometimes it’s not really them.

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Australia already grows enough feedstock to produce more jet fuel than it currently uses but most of it is exported.

Australians over 65 are not less able to spot scams, but may be less likely to seek a second opinion when something feels wrong.

In Ballarat, Springhill Farm has spent more than 40 years growing from a family farm into one of Australia's leading food manufacturers. 

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