Australia urged to audit VIQ Solutions contracts after court file access breach and agency use expands
Thirteen Australian government agencies are now said to be caught up in an expanding scandal involving potential data breaches linked to transcription company VIQ Solutions. The issue centres on an earlier breach of the company's Commonwealth contract with the Federal Court, after highly sensitive court files were reportedly accessed offshore in India. The company is now being wound down, and the widening use of its services across government has raised fresh concern about the handling of sensitive material.According to the supplied material, the breach was identified earlier this year and involved access to Federal Court files outside Australia. The company... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 09 Jun 2026 20:30 LONDON
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UN envoy intervenes in Australia's Woodside North West Shelf court challenge
A United Nations special rapporteur has intervened in three Federal Court challenges to Australia's decision to extend Woodside's North West Shelf gas project by 40 years. The submissions were filed on 3 June and will be considered when hearings resume in July. The case centres on whether climate impacts were properly taken into account when the extension was approved.The intervention was made by Astrid Puentes Riaño, the UN special rapporteur for the right to a healthy environment. She argued that Australia did not adequately consider the climate effects of extending what is described as the country's largest oil and gas... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 03 Jun 2026 23:30 LONDON
