Senate backs inquiry into whether tax commissioner should release jobkeeper details

Senators want to know which big companies received wage subsidy but commissioner Chris Jordan insists tax information should be confidential

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Australia's tax commissioner, Chris Jordan, faces an inquiry into whether he disobeyed a lawful order of the Senate" by declining to release information about jobkeeper payments.

The Senate voted on Tuesday to refer the issue to the powerful privileges committee, the latest development in a long-running battle between non-government senators and the Coalition over the key pandemic economic stimulus measure.