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Fraud 'spotters fees' could save billions
Canberra :: Australia | 16 days ago
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A local version of the US False Claims Act would entitle Australian citizens or public servants to a share of money recovered. Photo: Louise Kennerley Billions of dollars rorted from taxpayers could be recovered with US-style laws offering ''spotter'
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Scammers targeting fraud victims
Lagos :: Nigeria | 1 month ago
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Scammers posing as Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC) staff have been calling victims of past frauds trying to get access to their personal details, their computers and their money. The calls are usually made in the early evening and target
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NT minister walks out of meeting in Alice
Alice Springs :: Australia | 3 months ago
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AN emergency meeting called by Aboriginal people in Alice Springs to discuss escalating violence in town camps has been abandoned after a key politician walked out in protest at the way it was run. The meeting, called by the Tangentyere Council last
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Most killers known to their victims
Sydney :: Australia | 3 months ago
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Knives and other sharp objects are the most commonly used weapons, with most offenders being men who have killed female partners after arguing. The findings have renewed calls for the Baillieu government to reinstate the $250,000 funding needed for
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National murder rate hits historic low
Sydney :: Australia | 3 months ago
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The latest Homicide in Australia report by the Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC) shows 13 per cent of people murdered in 2008/09 and 2009/10 were killed by firearms, down from 25 per cent in the late 1980s. But knife murders have risen from
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Firebugs: Australia's dangerous summer arsonists
Melbourne :: Australia | 4 months ago
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The term sounds deceptively friendly, like a character from a children's cartoon, but "firebugs" are the scourge of the southern Australian summer. They are the arsonists who set alight bushfires, and who often strike on days when soaring
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Ann Coulter: Debunking Elisabeth Rosenthal's 'More Guns = More Killing' Malarkey
Sydney :: Australia | 4 months ago
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In Sunday's New York Times, Elisabeth Rosenthal claimed, as the title of her article put it, "More Guns = More Killing." She based this on evidence that would never be permitted in any other context at the Times: (1) anecdotal observations; and (2)
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Killing sparks teen gun use warning
Adelaide :: Australia | 5 months ago
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As a 17-year-old boy yesterday faced court over the New Year's Eve shooting death of Lewis McPherson at Warradale, in Adelaide's south, questions were raised over how the charged youth allegedly obtained the gun. Flinders University professor of
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WSJ Op-Ed: Gun-Banning Efforts in the UK, Australia 'Haven't Made People Safer' (In Fact, They're Less Safe)
Newtown :: CT :: USA | 5 months ago
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It doesn't take much of an effort to find plenty of establishment press reports (just four such examples are here , here , here , and here ) about the reaction to the Newtown, Connecticut coming out of Dunblane, Scotland, the site of a 1996 school
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Dancing with Molly
Melbourne :: Australia | 6 months ago
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The results were published in the medical journal The Lancet and have been reported worldwide. Alcohol was found to be most harmful to society and fifth most harmful to users, making it the most harmful drug overall. Ecstasy, on the other hand,
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