Health insurance giant Medibank is facing a fine in the trillions of dollars, after the Australian Information Commissioner filed proceedings in the Federal Court over its 2022 cyber attack. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06-05/medibank-taken-to-federal-court-over-cyber-attack/103936664
The commissioner now alleges that Medibank seriously interfered with the privacy of 9.7 million Australians by "failing to take reasonable steps to protect their personal information". #auslaw#auspol#privacy
National Security threat assessment leads to protection visa cancellation:
“What risk does an 68-year-old Palestinian woman with diabetes, reliant on the care of others, pose to our national security?” questions Australia Palestine Advocacy Network.
UniSuper member Dr Christopher Standen has, through the Environmental Defenders Office (EDO), lodged a complaint with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC).
Two of the funds that UniSuper markets as “sustainable” have significant investments in the Transurban Group, one of the world’s largest toll road operators.
“Transurban Group’s business model relies on increasing road traffic, which increases climate and other pollution,” Dr Standen said.
Dr Vunidilo has called for the Australian government to help return Pacific remains with "the same energy" it gives to repatriating Aboriginal ancestral remains back to country from overseas.
"Our neighbouring countries of Australia and New Zealand can learn from European countries too, like Germany and France as they are opening up their vaults to return ancestral remains to where they truly belong," she said.
It’s one thing to seek defamation damages if you are declared innocent or not guilty; different if proceedings shut down on a technicality.
Civil proceedings are based on a ‘balance of probabilities’ and not ‘without reasonable doubt’
Anti-fascist research group warns anti-doxing laws could be weaponised; argues problem with how current laws are understood and enforced by agencies, not the perceived lack of laws to address ‘doxing’.
'Big business in Australia faces less competition than almost anywhere in the world and likes it that way. The era of privatisation and “light-handed” regulation has only made matters worse. Turning the situation around will require a full set of policy tools, including conduct measures, divestiture and, in some cases, a return to public ownership.'
I don’t not support the attention placed on scrutinising the question of ‘Statehood’ and Pope as ‘Head of State.
The precedence this would set against Nation-states in a more precarious position of statehood would make the legal question serious irresponsible. There’s also, the question of jurisdiction in such a claim. Australia would have no means of binding the ruling without taking it to the International court.
“Equally, no students or member of staff should be discriminated against because of who they are. At the same time, religious schools must continue to be able to build and maintain communities of faith.” Attorney-General, Mark Dreyfus.
It’s not ‘At the same time, …’ religion and sexual diversity are not exclusive or at conflict of each other.
The historical and theological debate in many different religions have established clear justification that debunk the relatively modern ‘traditionalist’ positions.