by admin | Nov 16, 2018 | News & Analysis
Interesting article about whistleblower laws and and how Australia’s corporate whistleblower framework lags international best practice. It tells how we need people to speak up, so that corporate and tax misconduct can be uncovered early, but that we also need laws...
by admin | Nov 15, 2018 | News & Analysis
Brazen cyber-crooks are selling access to Australian corporate computer networks from $350 to use for mining cryptocurrencies, jeopardising critical business functions and leaching huge amounts of computing power and electricity. Victims do not know they have been...
by admin | Nov 15, 2018 | News & Analysis
Former Hay Shire Council General manager, Allen Dwyer purchased golf equipment, antiques, toys and groceries and made cash advances using corporate credit card. The audit report criticised “material deficiencies” in the accounting records as a possible...
by admin | Nov 15, 2018 | News & Analysis
Australians have reported more than 28,000 ‘scam’ attempts to the Australian Tax Office (ATO), since July 1, and paid almost $1 million to scammers. The ATO said payments through Bitcoin ATMs had overtaken iTunes vouchers as the most common method of scam...
by admin | Nov 14, 2018 | News & Analysis
Article outlines how ASIC and Westpac can’t agree on exactly which loans between Dec 2011 and March 2015 contravened the law, nor even concur on exactly what the law actually required. Also if charged, will the penalty be similar to the Commonwealth Bank’s $700...
by admin | Nov 14, 2018 | News & Analysis
Chris Deutrom was found guilty on eight charges of obtaining a benefit by deception. He directed $237,000 in advertising rebates into his personal accounts and remanded in custody ahead of sentencing later this month...
