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The AFP raiding a journalist is about silencing whistleblowers, not the press – 4 June 2019
The Australian Federal Police turned up on the doorstep of the Newscorp journalist Annika Smethurst, in reference to her 2018 article that reported that the defence and home affairs ministries had discussed vast new powers to allow the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) to spy on Australian citizens. News Corp Australia said that the raid was outrageous and seeks to punish a journalist for reporting a legitimate news story that was clearly in the public interest.
ATO whistleblower facing 161-year prison sentence says he ‘almost died from the stress’ – 3 June 2019
Former ATO worker Richard Boyle became an internal whistleblower in 2017. Mr Boyle alleged ATO staff were instructed to use an aggressive debt collection practice on taxpayers without consideration of their circumstances. He has broken his silence on the personal toll of speaking up and facing a prison sentence of 161 years if found guilty.
Time to regulate facial recognition technology – 3 June 2019
Concerns are raised about how facial recognition technology is used to police society in different parts of the world. The need for regulation is discussed as well as its breach of civil rights
Australia’s watchdog bans Gold Coast adviser for five years – 3 June 2019
According to ASIC’s investigation, Daniel John Renneberg failed to act in the best interests of clients, including advising them to set up self-managed super funds with “completely unsuitable” limited recourse loans. Consequently, Renneberg has been band from providing financial services for five years.
https://www.internationalinvestment.net/news/4002458/australia-watchdog-bans-gold-coast-adviser
