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Leading US data centre provider opens fifth Australian centre

San Francisco-headquartered data centre provider, Digital Realty, announced construction has commenced on its new facility in Western Sydney. The facility will create approximately 500 jobs during the construction phase and on completion, around 30 permanent jobs across facility management, engineering and security. The construction of the data centre, SYD11, is expected to

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Four to face court in Sydney after extradition from Dubai

Four men are scheduled to appear before the Sydney Central Local Court today (18 September 2017) to face charges relating to their alleged involvement in international criminal syndicates. All four Australian nationals were arrested on 8 August 2017 in Dubai during two multi-national law enforcement operations. They arrived in Australia after

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Reeling in guillty biosecurity offenders

A male international passenger recently cast themselves into a sea of trouble after trying to bring live fighting fish, snails and shrimp into the country. Biosecurity officers at Sydney International Airport x-rayed the man’s luggage and Australian Border Force (ABF) officers were then consulted as the x-ray revealed live creatures. Head of

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Two men sentenced over testosterone importation

Two men have been sentenced to two years imprisonment over the illegal importation of 40kg of performance enhancing drugs into Darwin International Airport. The 40-year-old and 43-year-old, both from Sydney, pleaded guilty today in the Darwin Supreme Court to Possession of Schedule 2 drugs (commercial quantity) under the Northern Territory Misuse of

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Former TZ Limited director extradited, charged with dishonest conduct offences

After being extradited to Australia from Thailand, John Falconer, the former director and chief financial officer of TZ Limited, has been charged with dishonest conduct and appeared before the Sydney Central Local Court. The charges, which follow an ASIC investigation, include 16 counts of using his position as a director dishonestly

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Auditor disqualified for breaching ‘independence’ obligation

Kathleen Whittle of New South Wales has been disqualified from being an approved self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) auditor. ASIC determined that Ms Whittle had breached fundamental independence requirements and that, given the nature of these breaches, a disqualification was appropriate. ASIC found that Ms Whittle had breached the auditor independence requirements of

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