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Federal Government ‘concerned’ over Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency, demands fine print – 6 August 2019
Facebook says its new cryptocurrency company, Libra, will allow money to be sent the same way as a text message. The Australian Privacy Commissioner is cautioning Facebook to learn from its mistakes and explain exactly how it will protect people’s financial information. Libra is planned to be launched in 2020.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-08-06/facebook-libra-cryptocurrency-privacy-concerns/11385488
Blowing the whistle to understand culture – 5 August 2019
David McGowan – Group Integrity Lead at ANZ discusses the rights and protections of whistleblowers and how the new legislation is designed to protect them.
https://bluenotes.anz.com/posts/2019/08/david-mcgowan-whistleblower-policy-legislation-changes
‘Easy money’ for sham marriage: The women targeted by global syndicate – 4 August 2019
164 Fake marriages organised by a global syndicate reaching from Australia to India were discovered by Australian Border force. Visas were cancelled and none of the applicants were granted permanent residency, despite some paying significant sums of money.
Sisters In Law: ‘Help, my neighbour is secretly filming me’ – 3 August 2019
Article explains that in Australia there is no right to privacy outlined in the Constitution and to enforce our rights we need to rely on a variety of different laws; cases and legislation made by the Commonwealth and state governments, which all vary.
