“I need your help… I have taken this whistleblowing as far as I can. This has been going for eight long years for me. Louise Beaston and I are at breaking point. Correction, we broke some time ago”, writes ATO whistleblower Richard Boyle. Can you help? Show your support for Richard Boyle at the Adelaide District Court on Monday 11 November from 9:00-9:30am.
I need your help. I can’t do this on my own any more. Please, could you help organise people to come to one of the last court appearances I have – before my criminal trial – that is occurring on Monday, 11 November 2024. (the trial does not currently have a schedulesd date) This hearing is at the District Court of South Australia (South-West corner of Victoria Square). We will determine our success, or otherwise. of my special leave application to the High Court, shortly before this hearing. I know many of you well. I ask,sincerely, that if you know a professional group in Adelaide, that if you could advise them of my request, and that a good time to attend in front of the domed District Court building, would be from 9:00am to 9:30am. My hearing is [at] 9:30 am.
I firmly believe that as a citizen of this democracy, I have the right to ask you to participate in this manner. Remember when the ancient Greeks had juries of up to 500 citizens in the 5th and 4th centuries BC, and that’s just for regular trials? Crowds of people have a way of conveying public sentiment when it is being misgoverned. Could you imagine being a jury in Ancient Greece of 1501 fellow citizens, for a “very important or political trial”? Now that is a National Anti Corruption Commisionn if ever I saw one. We have lost our way.
Plea for support:
I have taken this whistleblowing as far as I can. This has been going for eight long years for me.
I didn’t blow the whistle and stop the ATO’s oppressive actions against the public because we had a (poorly drafted) PID Act that I thought would protect me. I had no such disillusions. I blew the whistle because the public was being put at significant risk of harm to their health and welfare, and it was my legal obligation under the Public Service Act to speak out against such malfeasance, in a concerted and determined attempt to stop the risk to public health and safety. There is no other way to blow the whistle than hard and loud, once all other avenues have been exhausted, and have failed. I knew it wasn’t going to end well, that was crystal clear. Yet, it still had to the done.
I will be arriving at the District Court of South Australia at 9:15 am. You can obviously behave in any civilised way you please; however, out of deep respect for our Judiciary, I will be making no acknowledgement of your presence. My request to you for your presence; is separate from my presence required by law, to appear as a defendant. Appearing in court is serious business, and I dress and behave appropriately and respectfull; bow when entering into, and out of, a courtroom in session – or when a Judge or Justice initiates and concludes proceedings, as we all should before the authority of the Court.
Thank you for reading this request; and thank you for your continued support over many, many years.
Republished from X, November 03, 2024
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