by admin | Nov 30, 2018 | News & Analysis
In China, more than 200 manufacturers, including Tesla, Volkswagen, BMW, Daimler, Ford, General Motors, Nissan, Mitsubishi and US-listed electric vehicle start-up NIO, transmit position information and dozens of other data points to government-backed monitoring...
by admin | Nov 22, 2018 | News & Analysis
ASIC is investigating sixty bankers over home loan fraud involving its ‘introducer’ program. The program pays people outside the bank such as financial planners and accountants for successful lending referrals.The inquiry previously heard several bankers...
by admin | Nov 21, 2018 | News & Analysis
NSW Department of Planning Secretary Carolyn McNally has referred a whistleblower’s corruption allegations to the Independent Commission Against Corruption. The referral was confirmed by the department on Wednesday as Resources Minister Don Harwin failed...
by admin | Nov 21, 2018 | News & Analysis
The financial services royal commission has moved on to its second big bank CEO, Brian Hartzer of Westpac. He was questioned about car loan fraud and Westpac continuing to automatically increase credit card spending limits despite advice from ASIC....
by admin | Nov 19, 2018 | News & Analysis
There are calls for new regulations to protect workplace whistleblowers, after research found the vast majority of those speaking out face negative repercussions. Research drew on the experiences of 17,778 individuals from 46 separate organisations in Australia and...
by admin | Nov 19, 2018 | News & Analysis
A former banker who is suffering repeated online attacks on his character and integrity after becoming a witness for ASIC (as part of its investigation of a $65 million property spruiking racket) has warned other people to “run like they’re on fire”...
