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The Queensland Police Union has warned police officers in the state that their own My Health Record files could be accessed for investigations without any need for a court order, according to an email obtained by BuzzFeed News.

...

This has been contradicted by not only the Australian Parliamentary Library but now the Queensland Police Union, which told members in an email yesterday that under section 70 of the legislation the "mere investigation of a criminal offence or a breach of law" is a legitimate ground for investigators to access your My Health Record.
"This means that any police officer under investigation for a criminal offence or under investigation for seriously improper conduct will have their My Health Record be able to be accessed by investigators," the union told members in the email obtained by BuzzFeed News.

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She delights in revealing her more irreverent and cheekier side with her extremely wry, acerbic and highly caustic tweets.

Sure, her alter-ego and friend, producer Chris Leben is the comedic brains behind her account, but nothing is said on her behalf, without her knowledge or prior consent.

Don Dongington posted:

I literally cannot think of a single Dick Smith's food product that was actually better than other commercially available products and maybe that's why your business is dying hth

bell jar posted:

i hate when things come back to bite me in the arse

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Former prime minister and treasurer Paul Keating has slammed the planned takeover of Fairfax by Nine, saying the "pus" from the "carbuncle" that is Nine's news culture will infect Fairfax and undermine quality journalism.

In a scathing response to the announcement, Mr Keating said that, with a majority stake in the combined entity, "Channel Nine will run the editorial policy".

"The problem with this is that in terms of news management, Channel Nine, for over half a century, has never other than displayed the opportunism and ethics of an alley cat.

"There has been no commanding ethical or moral basis for the conduct of its news and information policy.

Synthbuttrange posted:

bandaid.friend posted:

https://www.buzzfeed.com/joshtaylor/queensland-police-union-warns-about-my-health-record

Cops are warning each other to opt out of the digital health record because it can be accessed by cops

Reclines Obesily posted:

oh theyre mainly buying it for domain and presumably firing everyone else

i guess thats okay but arnt house prices falling?

Reclines Obesily posted:

oh theyre mainly buying it for domain and presumably firing everyone else

i guess thats okay but arnt house prices falling?

Schlesische posted:

They're buying it partly for Domain and partly for Fairfax's share of Stan which I think now gives Channel 9 complete ownership of it.

Resident Idiot posted:

OzeMite is better than Vegemite.

If you can't have gluten, anyway.

Doctor Spaceman posted:

Fairfax also owns (partially or outright) a bunch of radio stations and regional newspapers. I'm guessing the former are safer than the latter.

EoinCannon posted:

They're not falling! According to Domain it's a "correction"

JBP posted:

https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/david-leyonhjelm-when-i-step-out-of-my-suite-it-s-game-on-20180725-p4ztge.html

Is this bloke serious?

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The proposed legislation to clean up dodgy donations will:

Cap donations at $4,000 over a four-year parliamentary term, completely eliminating large donations to political parties, associated entities, and third-party campaigners

Reduce the disclosure limit from $13,500 to $1,000 per financial year

Ban foreign donations

Introduce tough penalties for failing to comply including up to 10 years imprisonment for breaches

Real time donations to shine a light on who donates and when

This Bill will now go to the Governor for assent, with the new laws set to be phased in from 1 August 2018 – this includes the ban on bunting at polling stations and the reduction in the disclosure limit to $1,000.

drunkill posted:

Victoria best state
https://www.premier.vic.gov.au/australias-most-transparent-and-open-donation-regime-passes-victorian-parliament/

Dude McAwesome posted:

How are Vic Libs going to get any funding whatsoever now?

I’m genuinely interested in this. If big donors can’t pump tens/hundreds of thousands of dollars into the party, where do they get money from?

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/26/new-zealand-paid-domestic-violence-leave-jan-logie?CMP=soc_567 posted:

'A huge win': New Zealand brings in paid domestic violence leave in world first

MPs cheer after legislation passes to tackle what one called ‘horrifying’ rates of family violence

Eleanor Ainge Roy in Dunedin

New Zealand has passed world-first legislation granting victims of domestic violence 10 days paid leave to allow them to leave their partners, find new homes and protect themselves and their children.

MPs clapped and cheered as bill passed on Wednesday night with 63 votes to 57. It is the result of seven years of work by Green MP Jan Logie, who worked in a women’s refuge before she became a politician.

Despite some opposition National MPs initially supporting Logie’s private members bill the entire party withdrew its support at the final reading, saying the cost to small and medium-size businesses would be too great, and might dissuade employers from hiring people they suspected of being domestic violence victims.

New Zealand has one of the highest rates of domestic violence in the developed world, with police responding to a family violence incident every four minutes. Family violence is estimated to cost the country between NZ$4.1bn and $7bn a year.

Logie, who teared up when her bill was passed, said the new legislation was the first step in tackling the country’s endemic and “horrifying” domestic abuse rates, and other countries should follow suit.

“Part of this initiative is getting a whole-of-society response. We don’t just leave it to police but realise we all have a role in helping victims. It is also about changing the cultural norms and saying ‘we all have a stake in this and it is not OK’,” said Logie.

The new legislation will come into effect in April next year and stipulates that any person experiencing domestic violence will be entitled to 10 days paid leave from work, which will be in addition to standard holiday and sick leave entitlements.

Domestic violence victims do not have to provide proof of their circumstances, and will also be entitled to fast-tracked flexible work conditions designed to ensure their safety, such as changing their work location, changing their email address and having their contact details removed from the business’s website.

“Domestic violence doesn’t respect that split between work and life. A huge amount of research tells us a large number of abusive partners bring the violence into the workplace,” said Logie. “Be that by stalking their partner, by constant emails or phone calls or threatening them or their workmates. And some of that is about trying to break their attachment to their job to get them fired or get them to quit so they are more dependent on their partner. It is very common.”

Family violence groups welcomed the new legislation, saying it was the beginning of New Zealanders realising that tackling the problem was part of a broader shift to improving employee wellbeing.

Dr Ang Jury, the chief executive of Women’s Refuge, said the bill was in no way a “magic bullet” and was not preventative in nature, but it was “a significant step in the right direction”. She said: “We know women’s economic situation is pivotal to her choices that decides what she can and can’t do. If she can retain her job and retain the confidence of her employer, whilst still dealing with domestic issues, then that is great news.”

Holly Carrington, a spokeswoman for Shine, a charity helping victims of domestic abuse, said: “It sets a solid benchmark for what businesses are legally required to do and we need to be clear that employers can do this from a perspective of self-interest, because by helping those staff they will be retaining valuable employees and improving productivity.”

The Labour coalition government allocated an additional NZ$80m in funding for family violence groups in May’s budget – the first funding boost for frontline services in a decade. But Carrington said the problem was “overwhelming” and needed more resources and a royal commission of inquiry into the family courts, a demand supported this week by the United Nations committee on Women’s Rights.

“Obviously we are happy and thrilled [about the bill] but in the scheme of things the struggle goes on,” said Carrington. “Our frontline staff are overwhelmed on a daily basis. We have dangerous, high-risk cases every day where the system is completely failing to protect them. We didn’t take the time out to celebrate. Maybe we should have, because this is a huge win.”

In March the Australian government announced it would introduce legislation entitling workersto five days unpaid leave to deal with a family violence situation.

froglet posted:

My inner cynic says rich bastard will give $1000 to his wife, son, daughter, son-in-law, etc to donate.

Don Dongington posted:

Watch now as every newspaper in Victoria posts coordinated attacks on the legislation, under the premise that taking the liberal's money away creates an unfair bias because.. unions?

(All while failing to acknowledge that the Greens even exist, let alone represent a viable 3rd party in Melbourne seats, all without large corporate donations)

froglet posted:

My inner cynic says rich bastard will give $1000 to his wife, son, daughter, son-in-law, etc to donate.

drunkill posted:

And employees and friends etc.

Megillah Gorilla posted:

Making sure, I've got this MyHealth thing right:

Follow the instructions here and make an account here then go to "Profile" and click "cancel this bullshit you bastards".

Cartoon posted:

Is Emma Husar getting fair treatment in the press and in parliament?

http://theconversation.com/emma-husar-allegations-show-a-need-for-clearer-rules-about-what-mps-can-and-cannot-do-100580

Her alleged indiscretions would seem trivial compared to notably Barnaby Joyce and Trevor Ruthenberg (https://www.afr.com/news/malcolm-turnbull-stands-by-longman-candidate-after-medal-mistake-20180716-h12rpm). Bullying of staff is never OK but maybe they should start with NTATA's office while in government if there is an actual commitment to eradicating the culture. It seems that LNP officials and representatives have to actually be in jail before there is any thought of sanctioning them by the LNP.