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ASIC chair steps aside pending pay review

JAMIE WILLIAMSON, KANIKA SOOD, ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2020
... second-best-paid commissioner at $604,106, followed by John Price at $582,3094 and Danielle Press with $575,724. Taking to Twitter, Senator Andrew Bragg said it's time for a clean out at the regulator. "Too many commissioners. It's unclear who ...

Several black holes in budget

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2020
... are one of the hardest hit from the pandemic, while the effects of climate change were also ignored. She also took to Twitter to criticise "more subsidies for the gas lobby." "More money to give approvals to new mining projects and big developers. Yet ...

Opposition in opposition: Labor responds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
... spoken out against the Morrison government's federal budget, saying it has failed to create much needed jobs. Taking to Twitter, Albanese said: "Being a leader means taking responsibility - in the good times, and in the bad times. Australians need jobs ...

Facebook, Google face crypto class action

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2020
... substantially lessening competition and misuse of market power. While the law firm has filed against Facebook and Google, Twitter is also included in its proposed class action. JPB Liberty says the three web giants control a very large percentage of ...

It's your money: Hume calls out Keating

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2020
... Minister Paul Keating over his criticism of the government's Early Release of Super scheme, calling him elitist. Taking to Twitter, Hume implied the former Prime Minister was part of an elite upper-echelon of society and therefore wouldn't understand ...

ERS scheme referred to Auditor-General

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2020
... now being extended by the government for a further three months," Jones said. After sending the letter, Jones took to Twitter to explain his decision to refer the matter to the Auditor-General. "I've asked the Australian National Audit Office to investigate ...

Watchdog warns of celebrity-endorsed bitcoin scams

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2020
... advertised using fake celebrity endorsements, which appear on social media sites such as Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter," the watchdog said. "When an investor clicks on the article or ad, they are often sent to a 'mirror site' - a ...

Billionaires targeted in Twitter bitcoin scam

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2020
Billionaires such as Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates were among the household names that had their Twitter accounts hacked to promote a bitcoin scam. The official Twitter accounts of many notable people, including former President Barrack Obama ...

Chief economist update: Better than all the rest

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020
... Chinese citizens banned from touring and studying in Australia. Then there's Trump's war on everything (lately, Twitter) and everyone, but most especially, China.

COVID-19 poses unique human rights threats

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
... hailed as the solution to this pandemic," she said. "In response to this, large platforms such as Facebook, Google and Twitter are pointing consumers proactively to reliable sources like health authorities." Platforms playing the role of sorting fact ...