Archived News for Executives and Senior Management - May, 2020
Developers pay for GST issue
Several Canberra property developers will pay compensation for misleading and deceptive conduct.
Digging continues in WA
Changed FIFO conditions are allowing significant parts of the WA resources sector to continue operating.
Fine for Sydney roof fall
An engineering company has been fined $200,000 following the unplanned collapse of a Sydney stadium roof.
Maths fail questions muted
The Prime Minister has taken responsibility for a $60 billion JobKeeper miscalculation.
UK questions Huawei 5G involvement
Reports say Australian security officials are glad to see the UK question Chinese telco Huawei.
COVID commission backs gas
Australia’s recovery from COVID-19 will be led by gas, according to the Federal Government.
Deloitte works on new myGov
Deloitte has secured a $9.5 million deal to work on a replacement for myGov.
Roadmap leads to gas, mostly
The Energy Minister has released a discussion paper on technologies to drive economic recovery in Australia.
Telcos fighting ATO scam
The Federal Government claims to have “comprehensively disrupted” scammers pretending to be from the ATO.
Go8 plans foreign return
Australia’s elite universities have proposed “secure corridor” rules for the return of international students.
Face-tracking bill delayed
The erosion of human rights in Australia is being held back by a parliamentary committee.
McKenzie blames PS
Former sport minister Bridget McKenzie says public servants should have told her she was acting without legal authority.
Uranium rehab questioned
A fight has broken out over funding for monitoring the rehabilitation of a uranium mine.
Fossils creep into green remit
The Federal Government may allow its clean energy agencies to fund carbon capture and storage from fossil fuels.
Hazelwood fined for 45-day fire
The operator of Hazelwood mine has been fined over a major fire that burned for several weeks in 2014.
Robodebt legal letters coming
Centrelink will soon issue hundreds of thousands of notices for a class action against its ‘Robodebt’ scheme.