The new plan comes after a damning senate inquiry report found the existing regulator was failing to hold universities to account.
A public servant in the 1980s proposed an inquiry into whether women needed more public toilets. The Victorian ombudsman wasn’t having it.
Fire and Rescue NSW responded to 50 more lithium-ion battery fires in the first eight months of this year than in all of 2022,with household items behind the incidents.
Scott Hudson was only offered the home because someone else turned it down. At the time he felt lucky – now he’s not so sure.
ASIC has taken the country’s biggest super fund to court for failing to merge duplicate accounts,which cost members about $69 million.
Respiratory and sleep physician Peter Spencer,who now practises as a “life coach”,was referred by a coroner in June to prosecutors for negligent manslaughter.
Influencer watchdogs have become the unofficial eyes and ears of ordinary folk on social media,monitoring the behaviour and comments of “untouchables” and reminding them no one is outside the social law.
Australia’s media watchdog has ruled A Current Affair breached privacy rules by airing footage without the consent of both neighbours involved in a dispute.
The corporate regulator has taken court action against a subsidiary of comparison website Finder for allegedly offering a cryptocurrency product without a proper licence.
The Alliance for Gambling Reform has called for a regulator and an ombudsman to have oversight of the gambling industry,with a focus on harm minimisation.
A confidential staff survey of the building watchdog found it was racked by “contagious negative morale” and a “culture typified by active mistrust”.