The announcement from the HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) says that it will utilise web robot
software to search the internet and find targeted information about specified people and companies. HMRC also says that by using the software it can more accurately pinpoint people who have failed to pay the right tax.
But it seems that the government software will also be used to locate people who are trading without informing HMRC — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A new exhibition exploring the historical and cultural significance of the Sikh turban is touring the UK — via lauhal63.newsvine.com
Thousands of furious public sector workers have descended on Sydney’s CBD, blocking off the street as they gather outside NSW Parliament House.
Nurses, police, firefighters and other frontline workers stopped worked today to attend the rally, turning Macquarie Street into a sea of flags and banners — via redwolf.newsvine.com
The Baillieu Government’s controversial Equal Opportunity Amendment Bill has been passed through the Upper House.
The bill passed early this morning, with 19 votes to 17.
The legislation will reverse changes made by the former Brumby Government — due to come into effect in August — which tightened the ability of religious organisations to discriminate against GLBT people — via redwolf.newsvine.com
There are reports Aboriginal people in Western Australia’s north have been transferring cash to Indian con-men pretending to be from Centrelink — via redwolf.newsvine.com
For years now Chinese authorities have been installing spying devices on all dual-plate Chinese-Hong Kong vehicles, enabling a vast network of eavesdropping across the archipelago, according to a Hong Kong newspaper.
The report in Apple Daily states that the recording devices began being installed as inspection and quarantine cards
in July 2007. They were installed without charge by the Shenzhen Inspection and Quarantine Bureau on thousands of vehicles — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Eleven men have been charged around the country and two children have been removed from harm after police uncovered a child abuse ring online — via redwolf.newsvine.com
In the ongoing debate about asylum seekers, it’s not unusual for misinformation to be spouted as if it is fact.
The recent publicity about how Malaysia treats non-citizens, confirmed by UNHCR officials, at least puts paid to the nonsense that asylum seekers moved on from that country where they had the option of living in safety. Not possible without work rights, without access to education for children and in a country where caning is normal practice for people without visas.
But the misinformation around the asylum seeker issue abounds. In particular, it intrigues me that there continues to be calls for Temporary Protection Visas (TPVs) to be reintroduced as a deterrent to asylum seekers when all the evidence points to them being a factor in increasing the number of boat arrivals — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Cleveland City Council voted to amend part of the City’s vicious dog ordinance (Ord. 712-11) during its Monday night meeting. Major changes to the law include two classifications for threat dogs: Level I – Dangerous & Level II – Vicious. Emphasis on the classification is based upon evidence of behaviour of the dog, not the breed. The pit bull breed will no longer be considered vicious. — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A cryptology instruction book… 202 years old. A photograph of the U.S. Army’s cypher bureau… from 1919. A breakdown of Russian electoral districts… circa 1948. Schematics for a magnetic tape memory system… nearly half a century old.
These are just some of the items that, had you seen them, would have irreparably damaged US national security. These are just a few of the documents, mere citizen, that for decades were far too sensitive for your uninitiated eyes — via redwolf.newsvine.com
The Queensland Government has revoked an award given to a flood volunteer because the man is a convicted rapist and armed robber.
Bob Riddler was nominated for a local hero award after helping the Shiloh Christian Church at Goodna, west of Brisbane, during the January floods.
He removed rubbish and cleaned houses in the Ipswich suburb.
He had previously served 12 years in jail and had only been released in September last year — via redwolf.newsvine.com
New York-dwelling tech geeks rejoice: Pretty soon, you’ll be able to access Wi-Fi while lounging in the park.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg, along with AT&T Chairman and CEO Randall Stephenson, announced Thursday a five-year initiative to bring free Wi-Fi to 26 locations in 20 New York City parks across the boroughs. Today, AT&T Wi-Fi will be up and running in Battery Bosque (a garden in Battery Park), the north-end playground in Joyce Kilmer Park in the Bronx, and around the recreation centre at Thomas Jefferson Park in East Harlem — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Symantec is expected to inform staff tomorrow that it will close development and product engineering operations in Australia.
Symantec confirmed that the company planned to outsource some its software engineering development work to India and other low-cost centres.
It said that its Sydney offices in North Sydney and Kent Street in Sydney’s CBD would remain open — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Jake O’Dell, 25, was found not guilty of dousing Sammie — a female staffordshire bull terrier cross — in petrol and setting it alight because evidence suggests his cousin, Ben Rainey, also had the opportunity to do it.
Mr O’Dell did not appear in the Adelaide Magistrates Court for the decision today.
Magistrate Fred Field found either Mr O’Dell or Mr Rainey, who were neighbours of Sammie’s owner Alice McDonnell, could have attacked Sammie at her West Croydon home in August 2009 — via ABC News
A southwest Missouri jury has awarded a total of about $1.95 million to 12 plaintiffs who claimed odours from a factory hog farm had ruined their way of life.
The Barton County jury announced its verdict Saturday after a two-week trial. Iowa-based Synergy, which owned the hogs, and Kenoma, the local company that raised them, are liable for damages, according to The Joplin Globe — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Women unable to conceive naturally are being denied IVF on the NHS because they are too young, too old, too fat, smoke or live in Wales — in flagrant breaches of the guidelines.
The arbitrary nature of the restrictions placed on NHS fertility clinics around the country is revealed today in research which shows that more than 70 per cent of primary care trusts are ignoring guidance from the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (Nice) to offer infertile couples three free cycles of IVF.
Five of the trusts — Warrington, West Sussex, Stockport, North Yorkshire and York, and North Staffordshire — do not provide IVF on the NHS at all — via redwolf.newsvine.com
On the last day of Computex 2011, Apple and Google were hit by a bombshell when consumer forces in the capital, Taipei City, dictated that both American firms offer a seven day free trial on apps for the machines that use their operating systems — via redwolf.newsvine.com
When people are dissatisfied with their elected representatives, they have a few options open to them.
They can protest, lobby, or mount advertising campaigns to pressure politicians. They can join a party and attempt to change it from within. They can decide to run for office as an Independent. They can opt out
of voting altogether.
Or they can do what the Australian Democrats and Australian Greens did before them – start their own political party.
This weekend, two groups did exactly that.
Independent MP Bob Katter announced the formation of his Katter’s Australian Party.
And evangelical Christian group Catch the Fire Ministries launched its Rise Up Australia Party — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Meatworkers and the newly-formed Animal Justice Party may seem like strange bedfellows, but they are united on wanting to ban live animal exports.
The Australasian Meat Industry Employees Union has backed an export ban and thinks it would create thousands of jobs in regional Australia — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Imagine if you had to pay a bribe to see your newborn baby, get your water supply connected or obtain your driving
licence. It’s an everyday fact of life in India — but campaigners are now using people power and the internet to fight back.
Uncover the market price of corruption
, proclaims the banner on the homepage of ipaidabribe.com.
It invites people to share their experiences of bribery, what a bribe was for, where it took place and how much was involved — via redwolf.newsvine.com
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