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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.
Secret interviews reveal risky business for NAB’s top executives – 2 August 2019
It has been revealed that even during the Royal commission into banking, the National Australia Bank was still selling products that would trigger compensation for customers and that their systems lacked control and governance. Information was revealed by chairman Ken Henry and other NAB executives. This information however did not make it to EY reports that were requested by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA), and instead have been leaked to newspapers.
