Legal groups and former senator Rex Patrick have renewed calls for Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus to stop the prosecution of Tax Office whistleblower Richard Boyle, ahead of his defence hearing beginning in Adelaide on Tuesday.

Mr Boyle, a former public servant, spoke publicly in 2018 about aggressive practices by the Australian Taxation Office, including hardline use of so-called garnishee notices, used to claw back tax debts from individuals and business.

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