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After the ASIO spy boss spilled the beans, a giant game of Cluedo broke out in the halls of democracy
After the spy news broke, Thursday morning in Parliament House was pleasantly given over to a Cluedo-type game as politicians searched for one of their own, write Annabel Crabb and Brett Worthington.Annabel Crabb (ABC News)
Zip's small shareholding sale facility angers investors as directors bought near the bottom of the market and gained while others lost out
If the directors think the company's prospects are bright, some investors say it’s not fair to clear a lot of small investors from the share register. This is what Zip did and that left some of its smaller investors infuriated.Nassim Khadem (ABC News)
Crackdown on 3D-printed guns in South Australia
3D-printed guns are cheap and easy to manufacture and they're circulating in communities.Sarah Swain (9News)
Palmer Coolum Resort ex-employees receive thousands of dollars compensation after unfair dismissals
Billionaire Clive Palmer's Queensland resort suddenly fired 125 employees in August, with the workplace tribunal criticising the handling of several terminations.Josh Dye (ABC News)
Lisa Wood https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/commentisfree/2024/feb/09/australia-homeless-population-deaths-data-stats #righttohousing #auslaw #auspol
Wanted Sydney property developer Jean Nassif sends millions to Lebanon, Nigeria in potential fraud, administrators say
The Sydney property developer could face more criminal action over "potential fraud", as the administrators allege he sent millions of dollars to Lebanon and Nigeria before his business empire collapsed.Xanthe Gregory (ABC News)
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/jan/30/australia-corruption-ranking-whistleblowers-transparency-international
#AusPol #AusLaw #AusGov
Wish more Judges think ‘Character is what you do when nobody is watching’ when they consider ’character references’. Seems like Judge Kidd got the balance right here.
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/doctor-used-deportation-threats-to-force-refugee-to-work-at-store/7j4giu7i8
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'They'll kill you': Doctor who used deportation threats to force refugee to work jailed
An Iranian refugee hoped for a better life in Australia. But his "optimism" was "stolen" from him after a now-jailed doctor threatened to use "malicious" claims to force him to work at his confectionery store.SBS News
Thousands gather at Invasion Day rallies, calling for rethink of Australia Day
Thousands of people gather at Invasion Day rallies across the country, backing Indigenous calls for a change or abolishment of Australia Day.ABC News
Properties acquired for 'axed' Mooloolah River Interchange despite scrapped federal funding
When the federal government withdrew its support and the cost more than doubled for a major road project on the Sunshine Coast many believed it wouldn't happen. Were they wrong?Jessica Ross (ABC News)
How to Make Gravy: why Paul Kelly's Christmas song is a uniquely Australian institution
It's four days before Christmas. The 21st of December. There's one question on every Australian's lips — who's gonna make the gravy?Velvet Winter (ABC News)
'They also hold hundreds of millions of dollars worth of investments in companies that make money from gambling, alcohol, uranium and defence.'
#greenwashing #super #auslaw #auspol
ExxonMobil, Woodside, Santos: Investigation finds sustainable super funds littered with $1 billion fossil fuel investment
An ABC investigation into the financial disclosures of sustainable or ethical-labelled super options finds extensive investment in shares of companies in the fossil fuel, gambling, alcohol and weapons manufacturing industries.Pat McGrath (ABC News)
Claimants of NT Stolen Generations class action settlement frustrated by payment delay
Eight months after their $50 million class action settlement was finalised with the Commonwealth, descendants of the Northern Territory's Stolen Generations are still waiting to receive compensation.Jane Bardon (ABC News)
'Both brothers were both fined $250,000 each and received a suspended 15-month sentence, after being charged under the Customs Act by the Australian Border Force (ABF) with importing tobacco with the intention of defrauding revenue.
The charges came from an investigation in 2020 when the ABF-led Illicit Tobacco Taskforce (ITTF) searched a shipping container in Adelaide and located more than 660kg of illicit tobacco products.
As a result, ABF Regional Investigations in South Australia executed a warrant under the Customs Act on a number of homes and businesses in Adelaide, where officers seized a further 300kg of illicit tobacco and $547,510 in cash.' #smoking #auslaw #auspol
"A Submission on the Public Health (Tobacco and Other Products) Bill 2023 (Cth) and Accompanying Regulations: Senate Standing Committee on Community Affairs - Legislation Committee" by Matthew Rimmer
The Albanese Government’s leadership on tobacco control and e-cigarette regulation is to be welcomed. This submission supports the Public Health (Tobacco and Other Products) Bill 2023 (Cth) as a praiseworthy effort to defragment, consolidate, and mod…works.bepress.com
Dr Matthew Rimmer is a Professor in Intellectual Property and Innovation Law at the Faculty of Business and Law, at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT). He has published widely on copyright law and information technology, patent law and biotechnology, access to medicines, plain packaging of tobacco products, intellectual property and climate change, Indigenous Intellectual Property, and intellectual property and trade. He is undertaking research on intellectual property and 3D printing; the regulation of robotics and artificial intelligence; and intellectual property and public health (particularly looking at the coronavirus COVID-19). His work is archived at QUT ePrints, SSRN Abstracts, Bepress Selected Works, and Open Science Framework.
https://www.qut.edu.au/about/our-people/academic-profiles/matthew.rimmer
https://works.bepress.com/matthew_rimmer/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/drmatthewrimmer/
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=358042
https://works.bepress.com/matthew_rimmer/
#auslaw #auspol #IP #copyright #trademark #plainpacks #patent #PBR #access2meds #tradesecrets #SDGs #climate #IndigenousIP #trade #TPP #3dprinting #robotics #innovation
Posts will also feature #books #music #film #TV #photography - some sport #AFL #football #socceroos #LFC #YNWA #basketball. There will also be the odd post about #dogs #labradors and #swimming
Illicit tobacco shop raids across Victoria snares millions of dollars worth of illegal vapes, tobacco
Accompanied by Australian Border Force officers and tax officials, Taskforce Viper police have raided outlets in Shepparton, Seymour, Yarrawonga, and Ballarat, seizing more than $2 million worth of vapes, cigarettes, loose tobacco, and cash.Laura Mayers (ABC News)
Man pleads guilty to fraud after using stolen money to lure international cricket players to Australia
A man who stole $250,000 from his workplace and used the money to lure international cricket players to Australia to represent his local club pleads guilty to fraud charges.Kristian Silva (ABC News)
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/oct/18/visiting-professor-used-phd-students-to-gather-intelligence-for-china-asio-boss-alleges #auspol #auslaw #tradesecrets Australia introduced some new criminal offences for trade secrets theft directed by a foreign entity a few years ago. https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Joint/Intelligence_and_Security/EspionageFInterference/Report/section?id=committees%2Freportjnt%2F024152%2F25711#:~:text=Overview%20of%20the%20offence&text=Proposed%20Division%2092A%20is%20intended,to%20a%20foreign%20government%20principal It is not clear whether these new provisions will be deployed by the Australian Government.
