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Ex-Liberal Party staff member faces 51 new charges over alleged $13.5m identity theft – 28 May 2020
Adam Jones, who once worked for the Liberal Party in SA has been charged with involvement in an alleged $13.5m fraud. It is alleged that he used stolen and forged personal details, to modify the payroll data, superannuation details and credit card records of victims across Australia.
Australian police drop probe of reporter, whistleblower – 27 May 2020
The investigation of a prominent journalist (Annika Smethurst) and government whistleblower over leaked government secrets has been dropped, ending a case which sparked wide-ranging debate over press freedom in the country.
https://au.news.yahoo.com/australian-police-drop-probe-reporter-whistleblower-060737498–spt.html
Kenilworth funds own high-tech surveillance system, despite concerns over ‘being watched’ – 27 May 2020
A town in Queensland’s Sunshine Coast has become the first in the state to fund its own high-tech surveillance system to combat crime. The Queensland Council for Civil Liberties described it as “unjustified mass surveillance”
Australians targeted in Indian phone scam – 26 May 2020
Indian call centre scam mastermind Hitesh Madhubhai Patel ran multiple call centres in India. On of Patel’s emails included a script for “Australian Tax Office Impersonation. He faces more than 20 years in prison.
https://www.3ba.com.au/news/national-news/98824-australians-targeted-in-indian-phone-scam
