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Qantas targeted in cyberattack affecting 6M customers
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2025-07-02 1:41 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A cyber criminal has targeted a Qantas call centre that holds the records of six million customers, in an attack exposing a “significant” amount of data.

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Slater & Gordon emailer dodges criminal charges
Business of Law 2025-06-12 11:15 pm By Christine Caulfield

Police will not lay charges over an email sent to Slater & Gordon staff that leaked employees’ pay details, the plaintiff firm said Thursday.

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Tasmanian jumping castle operator acquitted but still faces class action
Class Actions 2025-06-06 10:46 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A magistrate has cleared a Tasmanian jumping castle operator of criminal wrongdoing for her alleged role in a tragedy that killed six children in 2021, but a related class action against her and the state government will continue. 

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‘Chorus of deflections’: ASIC slams Star board’s ‘apathy’ over AML/CTF breaches
Trials 2025-05-12 11:40 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Star Entertainment’s management and board cannot shirk responsibility for turning a blind eye to money laundering risks by pointing the finger at each other, ASIC has told a court.

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Lawyer struck from roll after conviction for supplying drugs to bikie gang
Legal Ethics 2025-04-29 11:19 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A lawyer who assisted members of the Bandidos outlaw motorcycle gang by forging documents and helping supply methamphetamine has been struck off the roll. NSW-based lawyer Alina Yousif was found guilty of knowingly taking part in the supply of a prohibited drug, participating in a criminal group and using a false document in March 2020.…

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Federal judge may be called as witness as Ben Roberts-Smith seeks retrial
Appeals 2025-03-31 1:21 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A Federal Court judge might be called as a witness in accused war criminal Ben Roberts-Smith’s bid for a retrial in his failed defamation case against Nine.

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AUSTRAC wants intel in Entain case kept out of criminal hands
Gaming 2025-03-28 2:13 pm By Cindy Cameronne

AUSTRAC has sought to suppress parts of its case against the operator of online gambling sites Ladbrokes and Neds, arguing the information should not get into the hands of criminals. 

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FWO urged to conduct national investigation into construction industry
Policy and Regulation 2025-03-28 11:08 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The workplace regulator should start a national probe into sexual harassment and the treatment of young workers in the construction industry, according to a forum convened by the employment minister.

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In defamation defence, News Corp says Hells Angels member has bad reputation
Defamation 2025-02-25 3:45 pm By Cindy Cameronne

News Corp is disputing claims in a defamation case that a senior member of the Hells Angels bikie gang was seriously harmed by its reporting, saying he already has a bad reputation.

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New statutory duty aims to block repeat of Robodebt scandal
Public Corruption 2025-02-13 11:39 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The Albanese government has passed a new law aimed at preventing a repeat of the Robodebt scandal, making it an offence for federal agency heads to impede an investigation by the Commonwealth watchdog. 

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