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This week saw a memorandum and understanding between the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre(AUSTRAC) and the Victorian Gambling and Casino Control Commission (VGCCC).

According to the Australian financial unit  agency this will improve information sharing between to the two agencies.

AUSTRAC CEO Nicole Rose said in an of...

By Kwame Slusher

Friday 29 April 2022



 

Westpac to pay $113 million penalty for ‘widespread compliance failures in multiple businesses’. 

This major penalty is reminder that the Australian financial system is still living  of  the findings of the Royal Commission into Misconduct into Banking , Superannuation and Financial services four years on.

Australian Securities and Inv...

By Kwame Slusher

Friday 29 April 2022



 
Uber is expected to $26 million penalty for making false and misleading statements about their cancellation polices between 2017  and 2021.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission(ACCC) Chair Gina Cass-Gottlieb said in an official statement, “Uber admits it misled Australian users for a number of years, and may have caused some o...

By Kwame Slusher





This week we have been listening to the Motherlode which is the story of hacker syndicates which issued the age of the data leaks, hacktivism, and heightened cyber threat environments. 
 


By Kwame Slusher


 
Australian Prudential Regulation Authority


  • Offshore reinsurers and the review of prudential standard LPS 117 Capital adequacy: Asset
  • Proportionality and significant financial institutions : Closes 2 May
  • New Accounting standard -AASB17 Insurance contracts: ...

By Kwame Slusher




This week the Australian Financial intelligence unit released financial crime guides for detecting ransomware and preventing criminal abuse of digital currencies.

 This is in response to the escalating cyber threat environment as well as the growing investment in the crypto space.

 In a formal statement for the Australian Transactions Rep...

By Kwame Slusher

Friday 22 April 2022




Privacy Awareness Week is just around  the corner.

This year Privacy Awareness Week (PAW) is from  2 May to 8 May with  the theme ‘Privacy: The Foundation of Trust’.

Earlier this year the Office of the Information Commissioner (OAIC) published a report on the notifiable data breach regime for the last reporting period and found that human...

By Kwame Slusher

Friday 22 April 2022



While the poll before the break was able to determine the review of the Australian Payments Systems might not be firmly placed on your radar, here is what respondents had to say. 

Here is  what respondents had to say on the subject.
 
The Australian Payments System is going through a raft of changes to close 'regulatory gaps'. Is this someth...

By Kwame Slusher




Biochemist Jefferey Wigand wo uncovered some hard truths that the tobacco industry tried to hide while trying to help develop a safer cigarette.

The scientist would come against the company’s bottom line and poor conduct.


 
 


Resources
 

  • Whistleblowing Guidance from ASIC
  • Australian Securities and Investments Commiss...

By Kwame Slusher


 


The Netflix documentary addresses Abercrombie & Fitch’s poor hiring practices and systemic discriminatory treatment of employee who did not meet the ‘All American’ ideal.
 
 


Resources 

  • Fair Work Ombudsman on hiring practices.
  • Fair Work Ombudsman on discrimination in the work place

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By Kwame Slusher