Italian osteopath practising in Canberra sexually assaulted patient, civil tribunal finds – 5 June 2025
The ACT Civil and Administrative Tribunal (ACAT) has found an osteopath engaged in serious professional misconduct in Canberra in 2022. Italian citizen Daniele Caminiti was found to have sexually assaulted a patient before boarding a flight to Italy just days after his workplace began an investigation and a subsequent police report was made. Mr Caminiti’s registration as a health practitioner in Australia has been cancelled but ACAT says the osteopath is practising in Italy.
AUDIO: PNG anti-corruption body facing collapse – 6 June 2025
Papua New Guinea’s anti-corruption agency has an enormous job, fighting crimes believed to cost the country more than a billion dollars a year. But since it was formed… the organisation has spent much of its time investigating its own commissioners. All three of them have levelled criminal allegations at each other … and senior staff warn the organisation is on the brink of implosion.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-06/png-anti-corruption-body-facing-collapse/105384842
Ombudsman finds ACT Policing escalated some cases involving use of force – 10 June 2025
A review of cases involving the use of force by police in the ACT has found situations are being unnecessarily escalated by the “unprofessional behaviour” of officers. The ACT Ombudsman analysed more than 6,200 use-of-force and viewed 200 clips of body-worn camera vision and CCTV vision. The investigation had uncovered cases where the police response had “unnecessarily inflamed situations”, resulting in poor outcomes.
More than 250kg of cocaine found in Brisbane shipping container as police foil $82 million drug plot – 10 June 2025
Authorities have seized 253 kilograms of cocaine from a shipping container during a screening operation. The shipment, worth an estimated $82 million, was found after a tip-off. The Australian Federal Police have launched an investigation.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-10/brisbane-cocaine-drug-bust-shipping-container/105400026
Department of Justice investigation into public servant’s hiring of 17yo relative deemed ‘inadequate’ – 10 June 2025
A Department of Justice investigation into allegations a senior public servant hired a 17-year-old family member and allowed them to skip the queue for government-funded housing has been described as “wholly inadequate” by the Corruption and Crime Commission’s Parliamentary Inspector Matthew Zilko.
The allegations included the public servant hiring the teenage family member without declaring a conflict of interest.
The case won’t be reopened and the Shadow Attorney-General Nick Goiran has called on the parliament’s Joint Standing Committee on the CCC to consider Mr Zilko’s recommendations.
Millions of Australians could miss out on refunds from financial misconduct – 11 June 2025
Over a 29-year period, it is estimated that more than 10 million add-on insurance products were sold in Australia, valued at billions of dollars, some believe it could be as high as $10 billion. The products became a symbol of the financial misconduct exposed during the banking royal commission. Many people may be entitled to compensation but a looming deadline of June 30 could see many miss out.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-11/financial-misconduct-refunds-asic-junk-insurance/105366636
Boss of Australian pokies giant Ainsworth Game Technology under investigation for alleged corruption in Austria – 12 June 2025
Harald Neumann, chief executive of Australian pokies giant Ainsworth Game Technology (AGT), is under investigation over alleged corruption involving far-right politicians in Austria. AGT had not publicly disclosed the investigation involving its CEO but said it had disclosed the matter to regulators. Mr Neumann has strenuously denied the allegations. The company said all but one corruption inquiry involving Mr Neumann had been “dismissed” and it expected the remaining investigation would go the same way.
Second match fix scandal hits Australian soccer – 12 June 2025
The Socceroos’ World Cup qualification has given Football Australia something to celebrate this week but the governing body is also grappling with its second match fixing scandal in 12 months. Victoria Police last week filed charges against a Western United A-League player – one year after three players from Macarthur Football Club in Sydney were charged with similar offences.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-12/second-match-fix-scandal-hits-australian-soccer/105406466
Lawyer for institutional abuse victims ordered to pay $263,000 to client – 15 June 2025
A Melbourne lawyer renowned for her advocacy for institutional abuse survivors has lost a landmark trial in the Supreme Court, which found her firm’s “extraordinarily defensive” approach had significantly reduced a client’s compensation. Dr Vivian Waller and her law firm, Waller Legal, face more than 20 legal cases from other disgruntled clients, who allege they received negligent representation that potentially cost them millions of dollars in settlement payouts.
Ombudsman criticises ACT Integrity Commission for awarding $150,000 consulting contract to then-CEO – 17 June 2025
The ACT Ombudsman has found the territory’s corruption watchdog did not comply with its own inherent purpose to effectively manage conflicts of interest after an investigation into a $150,000 contract awarded to it’s then-CEO. In his report, Ombudsman Iain Anderson said the ACT Integrity Commission risked undermining public confidence if it did not demonstrate integrity and probity in its procurement practices. The integrity agency said it did not accept that it breached its requirements, and has rejected two of the three recommendations made by the ombudsman.
VIDEO: IVF clinics under the microscope – 18 June 2025
Every year, Australians are relying on IVF to start their families but after two high-profile bungles at Monash IVF clinics, the industry has come under pressure. It’s prompted a national investigation into the sector.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-18/ivf-clinics-under-the-microscope/105434502
Macquarie Group company’s private ATMs are helping fuel the illegal tobacco trade – 18 June 2025
An ABC investigation has found that the prestigious Australian-founded Macquarie Group is raking in dollars from the nation’s booming illegal tobacco trade. At the centre of the deal is the provision of networks of privately owned cash-dispensing ATMs that have been placed in tobacconists despite their links to criminals and blatant illegal sales activities. The arrangements — which in some cases allow shop owners to load their own cash into the machine — highlight a regulatory black hole facilitating tax avoidance and money laundering, according to experts.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-18/macquarie-group-next-atm-illegal-tobacco-trade/105399234
Jury to decide if Erin Patterson is telling the truth in mushroom trial – 20 June 2025
For two months, the jury inside the Supreme Court in Morwell has been trying to separate fact from fiction. The jury is being asked to determine if Erin Patterson murdered her estranged husband Simon’s parents, Don and Gail Patterson, his aunt Heather Wilkinson and tried to murder Heather’s husband Ian Wilkinson by feeding them all a lunch containing poisonous death cap mushrooms at her home in Leongatha in July 2023.
Three died, only Heather’s husband Ian survived. Simon was invited but declined the night before. Erin Patterson has maintained her innocence from the outset and says their deaths were a tragic accident.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-19/jury-to-decide-if-erin-patterson-is-telling-the/105439494
Multiple ‘imitation’ firearms found in George Town home by Tasmania police – 20 June 2025
A 40-year-old George Town man has been charged with multiple offences after the seizure of 16 illegal firearms, including a collection of replica weapons. Police say the guns, including imitation sniper rifles and assault rifles, were found after officers saw “items of interest” through a window on the property. The man will face court at a later date.
Kumanjayi White: McCarthy renews support for independent probe – 20 June 2025
Indigenous deaths in custody will be in the spotlight at the Joint Council for Closing the Gap in Darwin. It comes as the Australian Human Rights Commission says 12 Aboriginal people have died in custody so far this year. Meanwhile, there are increasing calls for an independent inquiry into the death of Kumanjayi White in the Northern Territory last month. Malarndirri McCarthy, Minister for Indigenous Australians and Senator for NT is interviewed.
