Was former Australia Post CEO Christine Holgate correct when she said taxpayers money wasn t used to purchase Cartier watches?
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Former Australia Post CEO Christine Holgate says taxpayer money wasn t used to purchase Cartier watches as bonuses for staff.
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With the budget mired in debt and deficit, fresh questions are being asked about whether governments and the companies they own are spending the public s money diligently.
Christine Holgate recently resigned as chief executive of Australia Post, conceding a decision to reward four senior employees with Cartier watches did not pass the pub test .
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Did this coronavirus flyer get dropped in your letterbox? Here s why you shouldn t trust it
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CoronaCheck #51
While most of the coronavirus misinformation covered in this newsletter has been shared online, COVID conspiracies can also proliferate offline. This week, we ve taken a look at a flyer distributed to letterboxes in federal Labor MP Chris Bowen s community.
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JCPAA calls for Commonwealth entities to be cyber assessed annually by ANAO
Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit has called for more reviews of cyber posture and culture, but also added that the amount of publicly available information should not be increased.
December 10, 2020 00:38 GMT (16:38 PST) | Topic: Security
The Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit (JCPAA) has called for federal government entities to be assessed on cyber resilience each year by the Australian National Audit Office (ANAO), however, even if the government accepted the recommendation, it acknowledged that this was unlikely to lead to a better informed public.