If you go the Australian Taxation Office's security-certificate-renewal page, and choose not to trust their own certificate, they send you to this page:
I chose not to trust 'em quite a while ago, actually. I suppose it was inevitable that they'd cotton on eventually.
11 June 2009 at 4:11 pm
I bet if you highlight the white space between the lines there's a hidden line that says "We have now begun monitoring all of your communication channels".
Time to pull out the tinfoil hat.
11 June 2009 at 4:44 pm
Ok, Ok.
You got me, that was pretty funny.
Now I wonder if you've gotten yourself flagged for not trusting them..?
11 June 2009 at 6:09 pm
Try applying for an ABN online using Firefox and the link on this page: http://www.business.gov.au/Business+Entry+Point/Business+Topics/Registration+and+licences/Register+for+taxation/Register+for+an+Australian+Business+Number+(ABN).htm
12 June 2009 at 10:24 pm
the scariest thing to hear from an ATO
flunkey,droid,jobsworth,first-aginst-wall when revolution-comes, officer:"Your papers are not in order!"
Cherman exent öptional.