NSW’s workplace health and safety regulator has been referred to the anti-corruption watchdog over “significant flaws” in the procurement of inaccurate monitoring devices meant to detect toxic silica particles which were meant to protect workers using engineered stone. In a scathing report handed down by the NSW auditor-general Margaret CrawfordContinue Reading

A partner at big four consulting giant Deloitte has stood down from his role while the corporate watchdog carries out a “confidential” investigation. At a parliamentary hearing, Deloitte revealed that the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) was investigating one of its bosses over unknown allegations. Deloitte appeared at aContinue Reading

Australia’s trade tensions with China “are its own fault”. And the soured relationship serves “as a lesson not only for Australia but also for other Western countries in how to handle their relations with China”. That was the message being broadcast by Communist Party-controlled media outlets the South China MorningContinue Reading

A former Liberal minister has rejected “wild allegations” a consultancy allegedly established a firm to funnel money to him in return for help winning government contracts. The claim against Stuart Robert was detailed in a sworn statement to a parliamentary committee that is examining the links between him and theContinue Reading