Assaulted at uni? You could soon have your own ombudsman

Assaulted at uni? You could soon have your own ombudsman

The new plan comes after a damning senate inquiry report found the existing regulator was failing to hold universities to account.

  • bySherryn Groch

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How Victoria’s women finally got more public toilets

How Victoria’s women finally got more public toilets

A public servant in the 1980s proposed an inquiry into whether women needed more public toilets. The Victorian ombudsman wasn’t having it.

  • byTony Wright
How many lithium-ion batteries are in your home?

How many lithium-ion batteries are in your home?

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.

  • byAmber Schultz
It took two years for Scott’s landlord to fix the mould. Now,he’s being evicted

It took two years for Scott’s landlord to fix the mould. Now,he’s being evicted

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.

  • byJim Malo
Watchdog sues AustralianSuper over 90,000 duplicate accounts

Watchdog sues AustralianSuper over 90,000 duplicate accounts

ASIC has taken the country’s biggest super fund to court for failing to merge duplicate accounts,which cost members about $69 million.

  • byMillie Muroi
Doctor who cut wife’s throat with kitchen knife wants $300,000 for lost earnings

Doctor who cut wife’s throat with kitchen knife wants $300,000 for lost earnings

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.

  • byDavid Estcourt
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Australia’s very own Gossip Girl:Meet the people policing the influencers

Australia’s very own Gossip Girl:Meet the people policing the influencers

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.

  • byNell Geraets
Watchdog finds viral mobile phone footage aired on TV breached privacy

Watchdog finds viral mobile phone footage aired on TV breached privacy

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.

  • byNell Geraets
ASIC sues Finder over crypto product

ASIC sues Finder over crypto product

The corporate regulator has taken court action against a subsidiary of comparison website Finder for allegedly offering a cryptocurrency product without a proper licence.

  • byNell Geraets
Treat gambling harm through a public health lens,parliament told

Treat gambling harm through a public health lens,parliament told

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.

  • byLisa Visentin
Government lawyers seek to block publication of report into ABCC workplace culture

Government lawyers seek to block publication of report into ABCC workplace culture

A confidential staff survey of the building watchdog found it was racked by “contagious negative morale” and a “culture typified by active mistrust”.

  • byAngus Thompson