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Bribery Scandal Widens – 7 November 2020
New evidence has come about suggesting two more senior Victorian public transport officials are pocketing cash bribes. The inquiry has heard that sacked V/Line boss James Pinder and Metro manager Peter Bollas took regular payments from Transclean while overseeing the company’s taxpayer-funded contracts.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/bribery-scandal-widens-20120923-26f7n.html
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No checks and balances as Holgate takes the high road – 6 November 2020
Scott Morrison and Bob Black tell of their opinon of Aussie posts Christine Holgate buying four cartier watches for employees. Holgate claims she did not use Tax payers money and she did not want the $700K that she was contractually entitled to, for the terminated contract.
Scammers impersonating DFAT target Australians stranded in India offering them flight tickets – 6 November 2020
Australian citizens and permanent residents stranded in India desperate to return home are being targeted by scammers pretending to be from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), offering travellers tickets for repatriation flights.
SA Police issue scam warning after fraudster impersonating NBN calls cybercrime unit – 5 November 2020
South Australian police have issued a warning about a new scam targeting Adelaide locals, after the force’s own cybercrime unit was among the recipients of one of the deceptive phone calls.
