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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.
Powerful investor group calls for Crown directors to ‘reconsider’ their roles – 15 October 2020
The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors has blasted the board of Crown Resorts and is calling on directors to consider resigning following damaging revelations about their independence and oversight of the casino giant.
Australian banks lagging on fraud prevention – 15 October 2020
Whilst the COVID-19 pandemic means financial institutions need to be even more proactive in protecting fraud, Australian financial institutions are lagging behind and are slow to adopt emerging technologies.
https://ia.acs.org.au/article/2020/australian-banks-lagging-on-fraud-prevention.html
ABC journalist Dan Oakes will not be charged over Afghan Files reporting, AFP says – 15 October 2020
Commonwealth prosecutors have declined to charge the ABC journalist Dan Oakes over his reporting of alleged war crimes, by Australian special forces in Afghanistan.
