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Being monitored by your boss while working from home – necessary trade-off or ‘stupid’ surveillance? – 16 October 2020

With many people working from home, some companies are using time tracking software or surveillance technology to check in on what workers are doing. This runs the risks that other personal information is gathered and this type of surveillance does not show the entire picture of work completed.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-16/work-from-home-tracking-software-monitoring/12766020

WA Labor accused of cover-up over botched Huawei contract, but reveals details of ‘closed tender’ – 16 October 2020

WA Labor has been accused of a cover-up after budget papers revealed it would go to a “closed tender” to fix a failed $206 million contract with controversial Chinese telco Huawei, to build a mobile data network for Perth’s public train system.

https://www.watoday.com.au/politics/western-australia/wa-labor-accused-of-cover-up-over-botched-huawei-contract-but-reveals-details-of-closed-tender-20201014-p56553.html