Swinburne University of Technology's new schools structure becomes effective today, aligning the university's academic activity around six schools and.
Monday 22nd February / presented by Jeff Bullen
Crown Resorts CEO, Ken Barton, has resigned following the release of a damning 800 page report into Crown Resorts. The report found that the resort was not suitable to hold a license for a new Casino that was planned to be opened in Sydney.
NSW’s Independent Liquor and Gaming Authority led the report that brought attention to the allegations of money laundering and links to international criminal syndicates.
On the Record s, Jeff Bullen, spoke to Senior Lecturer of Company Law and Corporate Governance at Swinburne Law School, Helen Bird to discuss the report.
Banking royal commission recommendations flounder, two years on
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FebFebruary 2021 at 1:44am
The Government has, on some counts, only implemented just over a third of Kenneth Hayne s recommendations so far.
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Of its 76 recommendations, only about one-third have come into law
Some key protections have been downgraded or abandoned
Two years ago, the final report of the banking royal commission exposed a culture of rapacious greed, of profits and shareholders being put before customers and the law.
But there has been slow progress to fix the scandals exposed.
The aftermath of the 2018 probe killed the careers of the chief executives and chairs of several of Australia s top banks: AMP, NAB and Westpac. Court battles against IOOF, NAB, the Commonwealth Bank, Allianz and more have been won, lost or are ongoing.
Magistrate critical of troubling and outdated questions from Craig McLachlan s lawyer to female complainants
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DecDecember 2020 at 5:17am
Craig McLachlan addresses the media outside the Travelodge Hotel in Martin Place, Sydney, after the verdict.
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The lawyer who defended Craig McLachlan in the actor s high-profile sexual assault case, where he was found not guilty, has been criticised by a Magistrate for asking inappropriate questions of the female complainants.
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Actor Craig McLachlan was found not guilty of assault and indecent assault charges
Magistrate Belinda Wallington criticised defence lawyer Stuart Littlemore for asking questions referencing troubling and outdated stereotypes