Let me put it like this. The ATO's website for submitting quarterly tax statements requires a Java Applet to perform verification with a private key stored on

Let me put it like this. The ATO's website for submitting quarterly tax statements requires a Java Applet to perform verification with a private key stored on your machine. Despite Java's "Write Once, Run Everywhere" promise, every single update of my OS (mac) and/or browser would cause issues because the OS and browsers are actively trying to prevent you from running Java Applets for security reasons. Which I understand, and also support, but it means that I'd be locked out of the site and had to spend a couple of hours hunting around forums posts trying to find a solution - and sometimes one wouldn't even exist. My current solution to this problem is to have a locked down, non-updating Windows VM that I use exclusively for filing my business activity statements. It's a pain for me to do it. I don't think it's going to be any easier for Sven.