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Australian Government Spending Nearly $3 Million on Cases Against Four Whistleblowers – 26 August 2020
A report by The Guardian, reveals that the Australian government has spent nearly $3 million on three ongoing court cases against four whistleblowers. For whistleblower advocates, the Australian government’s costly pursuit of these whistleblowers, who exposed government wrongdoing, underscores the need for stronger whistleblower laws, including whistleblower reward laws.
ASIC spikes investigation into CBA top brass – 26 August 2020
Commonwealth Bank has revealed that ASIC has concluded its investigation into the bank, over the AUSTRAC matter and will not take any enforcement action in an announcement posted to the Australian Securities Exchange. ASIC was conducting a probe into the bank’s disclosure of thousands of breaches of the anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing (AML-CTF) act which led to the bank paying a record $700 million settlement to the financial intelligence regulator AUSTRAC in 2017.
AMP whistleblower suffered ‘sustained’ sexual harassment: senator – 26 August 2020
AMP has again been rocked by NEW allegations of “sustained” sexual harassment by senior managers. The allegations came just days after AMP announced the resignations of Chairman David Murray, board director and former Treasury secretary John Fraser and the demotion of new AMP Capital boss Boe Pahari. Senator O’Neill said experiences such as those faced by the whistleblower were not uncommon in the financial services sector.
Former health manager accused of falling asleep, taking items home, intimidating employees – 26 August 2020
An Integrity Commission investigation has found that the former senior North West manager ‘Simon Foster’ with the Tasmanian Health Service victimised employees, gained inappropriate personal advantage, and influenced recruitment and other appointments relating to individuals he knew.
