Watchdog
Doctor’s $300,000 bid for lost earnings from watchdog who moved in after wife’s death
A doctor who cut his wife’s throat with a kitchen knife in a failed bid to save her life took the medical regulator to court for failing to sign off on him resuming practice.
- by David Estcourt
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Australia’s very own Gossip Girl: Meet the people policing the influencers
Influencer watchdogs have become the unofficial eyes and ears of ordinary folk on social media, monitoring the behaviour and comments of “untouchables” and reminding them no one is outside the social law.
- by Nell Geraets
Watchdog finds viral mobile phone footage aired on TV breached privacy
Australia’s media watchdog has ruled A Current Affair breached privacy rules by airing footage without the consent of both neighbours involved in a dispute.
- by Nell Geraets
ASIC sues Finder over crypto product
The corporate regulator has taken court action against a subsidiary of comparison website Finder for allegedly offering a cryptocurrency product without a proper licence.
- by Nell Geraets
Treat gambling harm through a public health lens, parliament told
The Alliance for Gambling Reform has called for a regulator and an ombudsman to have oversight of the gambling industry, with a focus on harm minimisation.
- by Lisa Visentin
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Industrial relations
Government lawyers seek to block publication of report into ABCC workplace culture
A confidential staff survey of the building watchdog found it was racked by “contagious negative morale” and a “culture typified by active mistrust”.
- by Angus Thompson
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Workplace safety
Workplace safety scandal: auditor-general launches six-month investigation into failings
The workplace regulator, SafeWork NSW, faces allegations that it failed to protect workers from serious injuries and death and its inspectors were subjected to political interference.
- by Adele Ferguson
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Coronavirus pandemic
Ombudsman renews call for government apology to public housing tenants
Deborah Glass did not criticise the decision to lock residents in their units but said the failure to provide notice to the public housing tenants breached their human rights.
- by Rachel Eddie
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Victorian Parliament
‘If in doubt, give it out’: Information watchdog urges release of more documents
Victorians are forced to lodge freedom of information requests more than any other jurisdiction, the state’s Information Commissioner says.
- by Rachel Eddie
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Coronavirus pandemic
No apology, compensation for Victorians trapped in NSW during COVID border closure
Ombudsman Deborah Glass said the border closure led to unjust outcomes, and the government should publicly apologise and consider compensating people for losses.
- by Rachel Eddie
Corruption concerns prompt 31 judges to make rare election intervention
A rare alliance of judges has backed the case for a watchdog, warning Australians risk being exposed to the “corrupt exercise of power” if parliament does not act.
- by David Crowe