This Month
Police contacted over threats to eSafety chief: court documents
Australia’s e-safety watchdog went to police after commissioner Julie Inman Grant received threats and online abuse after telling X Corp to take down a video of a brutal church stabbing.
- Miklos Bolza
April
- Opinion
- Social media
Surge of violence tests policy tolerance of social media
The Coalition in particular has to ask tricky questions of when enough is enough on social media platforms.
- Laura Tingle
- Exclusive
- PwC tax scandal
Burrowes wants everyone to move on from PwC’s tax scandal
“We feel we’re in a good position now to start to turn to a new chapter, look to the future and drive the firm with a new strategy,” the PwC chief executive says.
- Ronald Mizen and Maxim Shanahan
‘Safe room for terrorists’: ASIO warns big tech on encryption
Federal spy and crime chiefs will demand access to social messaging systems that allow terrorists, violent extremists and child abusers to operate with impunity.
- Jacob Greber
Social media giants ‘no longer fear reputation risks’
Tech policy advocates say the era of tech companies complying with local regulations to protect their reputation is over.
- Tess Bennett
Terrorism definition in spotlight after Sydney attacks
Muslim community leaders are calling for a rethink of how law enforcement defines terrorism after the Sydney church stabbing.
- Max Mason
Muslims fear rise in Islamophobia as tensions run high after attack
There are fears in the Muslim community that law enforcement’s labelling of the stabbing of a bishop a terrorist attack will inflame Islamophobia.
- Max Mason
Leaders condemn terror attack, call for calm
Political and religious leaders have called for calm after a shock stabbing in a Sydney church has put some communities on edge for reprisals.
- Samantha Hutchinson
- Exclusive
- National security
Government poised to shake up spy, security chiefs
The Albanese government has the opportunity to reshape the leadership of the military and security agencies in coming months.
- Andrew Tillett
March
CBA backs UK start-up improving screening for financial crime
Global Screening Services now counts CBA as a shareholder. It’s building standards for banks to check cross-border payments against sanctions lists.
- James Eyers
Dirty money reforms loom as Russians charged over $2m deposits
Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus is consulting on changes expected to add real estate agents, accountants and lawyers to anti-money laundering and counterterrorism financing rules.
- Tom McIlroy
February
How the hackers were hacked by federal agents
A coalition of international law enforcement breaches the world’s most prolific ransomware syndicate, LockBit, which left prints on the DP World hack.
- Updated
- Nick Bonyhady
Police probe into PwC tax leaks goes international
The AFP investigation into the PwC tax leaks scandal has extended to the force making overseas inquiries, a Senate estimates hearing has been told.
- Edmund Tadros
January
Alleged money laundering ring funnelled cash into locked crypto wallet
Millions of dollars in customer funds are likely held in a secured crypto wallet “containing a substantial amount of tether tokens”, administrators said.
- Lucas Baird
Company at centre of money laundering case had $15m in user funds
Administrators told creditors of Chang Jiang Financial that he did not have access to most financial records as they were still held by police.
- Lucas Baird
December 2023
- Exclusive
- AUSTRAC crackdown
AUSTRAC to crack down on digital services in 2024
Digital currency exchanges, payment platforms, bullion and non-bank lenders will all be put under the AUSTRAC microscope in 2024.
- Ronald Mizen
Billion-dollar AFP busts reveal what criminals do with their money
A police taskforce has seized more than $1.1 billion worth of assets from alleged criminals, including fancy houses, fast cars, designer gear and bags of cash.
- Patrick Durkin
November 2023
Tackling controversial criminal detainee ruling may take until 2024
The government will legislate to circumvent a High Court decision which has forced the immediate release of 80 criminals.
- Phillip Coorey
October 2023
Inside the secret Accenture team trying to hack the banks
Jason Ford and his “red teams” have been breaking into banks by fooling workers with the latest psychological tricks targeting the human foibles that leave IT defences vulnerable.
- James Eyers
- Opinion
- Rear Window
Star dealmaker resigns after botched mid-air bathroom prank
A Corrs rainmaker resigned after a practical joke on another partner went wrong on a flight to Hobart.
- Mark Di Stefano
