Employers shortchanged Australian workers a record amount of super last year, tax office says
The dollar figure of superannuation that went unpaid after recovery efforts rose to $5.2bn from $4.8bn in 2022-23
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Australian workers missed out on a record $5.2bn of superannuation that employers failed to pay last financial year, according to the Australian Taxation Office.
The ATO has released the data on the superannuation “gap” in its annual report, which also reveals that $1.4bn is likely to go unpaid because it is owed by insolvent companies.
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Continue reading...Media hysteria around Sofronoff report fuelled ‘mob mentality’, Bruce Lehrmann prosecutor Drumgold says
Exclusive: Former ACT director of public prosecutions plans to return to NSW bar after painful experience of losing his ‘dream job’
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The ACT’s former director of public prosecutions Shane Drumgold believes “something went terribly wrong” with the Sofronoff report on Bruce Lehrmann’s prosecution, which resulted in Drumgold losing his “dream job”, a court battle over its findings and a subsequent integrity commission investigation.
Drumgold says media “hysteria” into the report’s findings fuelled a mob mentality against him, in what he described as a “terribly painful process”.
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Continue reading...Paris drivers warned of fines as city begins limiting traffic in parts of centre
Three-month ‘educational phase’ begins for scheme it is hoped will reduce through-traffic and improve air quality
Paris authorities have begun limiting traffic in a large zone of the city centre, with police alerting drivers that they are now banned from driving through the French capital’s central four arrondissements and risk a fine if they do so after next spring.
The so-called “limited traffic zone” (ZTL), home to about 100,000 people and 11,000 businesses, is part of a broader push by the socialist mayor, Anne Hidalgo, to restrict traffic and encourage cycling and public transport use across the car-clogged city.
Continue reading...Netflix Europe offices raided in tax fraud probe
The raid is part of an investigation in France and the Netherlands that began in November 2022.
Equatorial Guinea VP warns against office sex after viral videos
Vice-President Teodoro Obiang Mangue says that anyone found having sex at work will be suspended.
Swedish court jails far-right leader who burned Qur’an
Danish politician Rasmus Paludan sentenced to four months for incitement against ethnic group
A far-right Danish-Swedish politician has been sentenced to prison on charges of incitement against an ethnic group for burning copies of the Qur’an and making offensive statements about Muslims.
Rasmus Paludan was the first person to go on trial in Sweden – and is now the first to be sentenced – for burning the Qur’an during an organised demonstration.
Continue reading...Belgian comic book withdrawn amid outrage over racist depictions
Publisher ‘profoundly sorry’ for hurt caused by Spirou and the Blue Gorgon as it recalls 30,000 copies from shops
A comic book has been withdrawn from sale by its Belgian publisher after an outcry over racist depictions of black people and “hyper-sexualised” images of women.
The publisher Dupuis announced that its graphic novel, Spirou and the Blue Gorgon, would be removed from shops after the book caused a storm on social media.
Continue reading...North Korea fires barrage of missiles into the sea before US election – New York Post
- North Korea fires barrage of missiles into the sea before US election New York Post
- North Korea told the UN point-blank that it's speeding up nuclear weapons development Business Insider
- North Korea fires a barrage of ballistic missiles toward the sea ahead of US election The Associated Press
- North Korea launches short-range ballistic missile hours before US election Fox News
- North Korea Tests New Solid ICBM Probably Intended for MIRVs 38 North
Why have five been arrested over leaked Hamas documents in Israel? – Al Jazeera English
- Why have five been arrested over leaked Hamas documents in Israel? Al Jazeera English
- Netanyahu aide charged for leaking secret documents, accused of sabotaging hostage deal USA TODAY
- Worker in Netanyahu Office Accused of Leaking Classified Documents in Israel: What to Know The New York Times
- Israel leaks scandal: Netanyahu aide arrested over Gaza hostage talks stories NBC News
- Theft of sensitive IDF intel, transfer to ‘people at PM’s office’ called ‘systematic’ The Times of Israel
Iran-backed Iraqi militia attacks Haifa, Israel with drones – Fox News
- Iran-backed Iraqi militia attacks Haifa, Israel with drones Fox News
- Iraq trying to reel in Iran-backed groups to prevent confrontation with Israel The Times of Israel
- Islamic Resistance in Iraq ready to intensify attacks against Israel - report The Jerusalem Post
- Iraqi Pro-Iran Groups Claim Drone Attack On South Israel Barron's
- Coming from Iraq | Four drones violate Golan’s airspace and Israel Forces attempt to intercept them المرصد السوري لحقوق الانسان
Migrant workers exposed to deadly 45C temperatures in Gulf – report
Research and undercover interviews reveal reality of extreme heat exacerbated by abusive working conditions
Migrant workers across the Gulf are risking their lives by being forced to work up to 14 hours a day in deadly temperatures, according to human rights researchers.
Equidem, a human rights organisation, interviewed more than 250 migrant workers in Saudi Arabia, Qatar and UAE between 2021 and May 2024 for a new report on the conditions they were facing including their exposure to extreme heat and long working hours.
Continue reading...Germany arrests eight over alleged neo-Nazi government takeover plot – Euronews
- Germany arrests eight over alleged neo-Nazi government takeover plot Euronews
- Eight suspected members of far-right terror cell arrested in Germany The Guardian
- Germany arrests suspected members of right-wing group plotting revolt Reuters
- Eight members of far-right group arrested in Germany and Poland Al Jazeera English
- Germany arrests eight over alleged far-right coup plot BBC.com
Russia behind plot to plant bombs on cargo planes, Western official says – NBC News
- Russia behind plot to plant bombs on cargo planes, Western official says NBC News
- U.S., Europe investigating devices detonated at air DHL cargo hubs in U.K. and Germany CBS News
- Incendiary device plot targeting UK may have been dry run for US and Canada The Guardian
- Russia suspected of plot to send incendiary devices on planes: Sources ABC News
- Russia suspected in plot to target cargo planes in Europe and the U.S. The Washington Post
Never been kissed – Japan’s teen boys losing out on love
Only one in five high school boys have had their first kiss, a record low in a national survey.
China is building new villages on its remote Himalayan border. Some appear to have crossed the line – CNN
Iran Rejects Nuclear Weapons but Will ‘Defend Itself by All Means’ – Newsweek
- Iran Rejects Nuclear Weapons but Will 'Defend Itself by All Means' Newsweek
- Iran is now dangerously vulnerable to the consequences of another attack on Israel Business Insider
- Israeli restraint suggests Iran’s strategic leverage Hindustan Times
- Iran’s top diplomat says Tehran would respond to Israel’s strike in a ‘measured’ way The Associated Press
- Israel's strikes on Iran spark interest in air-launched ballistic missiles Reuters
Iranian-German Sharmahd died before his execution, Iran judiciary says – The Jerusalem Post
Netflix adapts Pedro Páramo, the great Mexican novel that inspired Márquez
New film of Juan Rulfo’s revered novel, considered founding text of magic realism, is first film adaptation in half a century
“I came to Comala because I was told that my father lived here, a certain Pedro Páramo.”
Many Mexicans know the first sentence of Juan Rulfo’s revered novel, Pedro Páramo, by heart. This week they will hear it on Netflix, with the release of the first film adaptation in almost 50 years of the text that inspired Gabriel García Márquez to write One Hundred Years of Solitude.
Continue reading...Body of missing person found in French attic by new buyers – BBC.com
- Body of missing person found in French attic by new buyers BBC.com
- New homeowners find skeleton in attic 15 years after previous occupant disappeared CNN
- New owners of home make grisly discovery 15 years after former owner vanished in France CBS News
- New homeowners unfortunately discover what happened to previous owner who vanished 15 years ago Boing Boing
- Homebuyers discover 'missing' previous owner's BODY in the attic... 15 years after he vanished aged 81 Daily Mail