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Building surveyors are using an interstate loophole to get registered quickly.

Building surveyors bypassing tougher Victorian licensing with WA loophole

A massive share of the state’s surveyors are no longer being registered here, prompting fears poorly qualified workers are being tasked to catch out unsafe buildings.

  • Kieran Rooney

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The Clayton clinic in Melbourne where Monash IVF’s second embryo bungle occurred last week.

‘Three strikes’: Demands for answers over repeat Monash IVF bungles

Key investors, medical negligence lawyers and governance experts say Monash IVF and its board are under pressure after “systemic” failures, as health ministers prepare for talks about tightening regulations.

  • Grant McArthur
Buy now, pay later products will be regulated from Tuesday this week.

The big change coming to your buy now, pay later options today

Rules to regulate Afterpay and other buy now, pay later firms will take effect from today, leading to potential changes for new and existing users.

  • Clancy Yeates
Some taxi drivers are attempting to impose greatly inflated prices for short trips.

‘Two strikes’ policy for dodgy taxi drivers as Victoria moves to clean up industry

Taxi and ride-share drivers who break the rules multiple times will have their licences suspended or cancelled under a two-strikes policy to be legislated by the Allan government.

  • Kieran Rooney, Brittany Busch and Nick McKenzie
Facebook said it has deployed a combination of technologies to restrict news content.

Apple and Meta hit with €700 million fines in Europe under new digital rules

European Union watchdogs just fined Apple and Meta hundreds of millions of euros in a move that could inflame trade tensions with the US.

  • Kelvin Chan
Rob Luscombe, President of peak body the Cemeteries and Crematoria Association of Victoria.

High-density burials, shallower graves proposed in cemetery rules revamp

Allowing more family members to be buried in the same plot, and empowering officials to remove excessive graveside decorations are among key changes in a cemeteries shake-up.

  • Rachael Dexter
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APRA chairman John Lonsdale has put the boards of banks, insurers and superannuation funds on notice.

Ten years is enough: Regulator puts long-serving directors on notice

The APRA is set to call time on long-serving, incompetent and conflicted directors under a planned major shake-up of standards at banks, insurers and super funds.

  • Sumeyya Ilanbey
Quaden Bayles feels he was discriminated against trying to travel by taxi.

Pay up or walk: Quaden just wanted a cab but drivers refused to take him

The young actor is one of several Australians with disabilities who have expressed their fury at a system that discriminates against them and won’t listen to their complaints.

  • Brittany Busch and Nick McKenzie
The company behind 13cabs and Cabcharge is accused by its own staff of ignoring rampant fraud.

Taxi scams are rife – here’s how to avoid them

There are some things everybody can do when catching a taxi to avoid being scammed.

  • Brittany Busch
The industry’s peak body would like to see stricter regulations on drivers.

Australia’s biggest cab company’s rule switch on complaining customers

Leaked emails show the company behind 13cabs was warned its rule change could be unlawful, as a peak taxi body calls for tougher penalties against crooked cabbies.

  • Nick McKenzie, Chris Barrett and Brittany Busch

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