Australians lose record $3.1 billion to scams in 2022, as ACCC calls for tougher measures
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- The ACCC is calling on Australian banks and regulators to better protect consumers from scams
- The ACCC is calling on Australian banks and regulators to better protect consumers from scams
Stolen Generations $50 million class action settlement receives final approval in NSW Supreme Court
A class action settlement for descendants of the Stolen Generations in the Northern Territory has received final approval in the NSW Supreme Court, with the Commonwealth to pay family members more than $50 million in compensation.
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Christian inmates are planning legal action against the Prison Service for failing to protect them from violent Islamist gangs
- Prisoners’ lawyers say wardens have not acted due […]
- Prisoners’ lawyers say wardens have not acted due […]
Multi-crew endorsement – AU pilots
CASA uses multi-crew endorsements as a means of risk mitigation. Their use enables pilots to continue flying despite the presence of medically-significant conditions which would otherwise pose an unacceptable risk to the safety of air navigation.
When a Class 1 or Class 2 medical certificate is endorsed with the condition […]
IBAC probe into Premier Daniel Andrews and advisers to be revealed
The findings of a corruption probe into the role of Premier Daniel Andrews and some of his advisers in awarding two grants to a Labor-linked union will be revealed on Wednesday.
The Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission’s Operation Daintree investigation centred around grants worth $3.4 million, which were awarded to the […]
Queensland Police Banned from Using Chokehold
Queensland Police Chief Katarina Carrol has announced that police officers in her state will no longer be using the move, and it will be removed from the training manual, saying that options have changed for officers to apply force in challenging and life-threatening […]
Under the NSW Antiprotest Regime, Oppressive Bail Conditions Are the True Punishment
After having been charged under the then recently enacted NSW antiprotest regime last June, ten Blockade Australia activists appeared before NSW Magistrate Christine Haskett at Sydney’s Downing Centre Local Court on 5 April.
The […]