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‘A clear case of cronyism’: ICAC NSW finds former infrastructure chief corrupt

‘A clear case of cronyism’: ICAC NSW finds former infrastructure chief corrupt

The NSW anti-corruption watchdog has ruled that a senior public servant extended benefits to friends and associates while leading a state agency. The NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption found former School Infrastructure NSW (SINSW) chief executive Anthony Manning engaged in corrupt conduct by subverting recruitment and procurement practices. ...
Western Australia signs EPBC MoU with Commonwealth

Western Australia signs EPBC MoU with Commonwealth

Western Australia is the first state to advance a bilateral agreement with the federal government to unify its environmental assessment processes. Environment and Water Minister Murray Watt and Premier Roger Cook signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to develop and implement a bilateral assessment agreement, with the ambition for a bilateral approval
Challenge to Ruling that Conferred Copyright of Animal Abuse Footage to Perpetrators

Challenge to Ruling that Conferred Copyright of Animal Abuse Footage to Perpetrators

A Federal Court ruling caught many off-guard last year, as it found Game Meats Company (GMC) owned the copyright relating to images, including a 14 minute film, taken by Farms Transparency Project (FTP) at a goat slaughterhouse, which, if not overturned by a High Court appeal, will serve to preserve extreme cruelty in animal agriculture and undermine ...
Memento mori

Memento mori

I tried calling Susan just before we slipped our moorings for the ride to Samarai Island, an abandoned entrepôt in the southwest of what once was British New Guinea. I wanted to let her know I was on the way to the old stamping ground of Beatrice Grimshaw, an Irish

‘A clear case of cronyism’: ICAC NSW finds former infrastructure chief corrupt

‘A clear case of cronyism’: ICAC NSW finds former infrastructure chief corrupt
The NSW anti-corruption watchdog has ruled that a senior public servant extended benefits to friends and associates while leading a state agency. The NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption found former School Infrastructure NSW (SINSW) chief executive Anthony Manning engaged in corrupt conduct by subverting recruitment and procurement practices. ...

Western Australia signs EPBC MoU with Commonwealth

Western Australia signs EPBC MoU with Commonwealth
Western Australia is the first state to advance a bilateral agreement with the federal government to unify its environmental assessment processes. Environment and Water Minister Murray Watt and Premier Roger Cook signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to develop and implement a bilateral assessment agreement, with the ambition for a bilateral approval

Challenge to Ruling that Conferred Copyright of Animal Abuse Footage to Perpetrators

Challenge to Ruling that Conferred Copyright of Animal Abuse Footage to Perpetrators
A Federal Court ruling caught many off-guard last year, as it found Game Meats Company (GMC) owned the copyright relating to images, including a 14 minute film, taken by Farms Transparency Project (FTP) at a goat slaughterhouse, which, if not overturned by a High Court appeal, will serve to preserve extreme cruelty in animal agriculture and undermine ...

Memento mori

Memento mori
I tried calling Susan just before we slipped our moorings for the ride to Samarai Island, an abandoned entrepôt in the southwest of what once was British New Guinea. I wanted to let her know I was on the way to the old stamping ground of Beatrice Grimshaw, an Irish