Swan-chaired sandmine plan a ‘long-term’ threat
A sandmining project chaired by ALP president Wayne Swan will likely cause ‘long term and serious’ damage to threatened rainforest on pristine Cape York, an environmental expert has warned.
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Labor takes brakes off to keep Star in orbit
Cash-strapped Star Entertainment was awarded a Queensland government casino licence the day before the landmark $3.6bn Queens Wharf project opened, despite begging Premier Steven Miles for a financial bailout weeks earlier.
Unions’ $15m war chest dwarfs LNP backers
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Townsville and ACT dump ‘scam’ scooters
Beam Mobility executives allegedly plotted to expand its scooter scam to Perth, fresh documents reveal, as Townsville and Canberra become the latest cities to dump the company over the allegations.
US probed bribery at Uber when Beam co-founder was there
Beam co-founder Alan Jiang was Uber’s Indonesia boss just before it faced US bribery probe.
Plug pulled on firm’s ‘phantom scooters scam’
One of the world’s fastest growing e-scooter companies, Beam Mobility, has now been kicked-out of Brisbane and Auckland over an alleged scheme to raise more revenue while cheating councils.
Labor quandary after it banks $157k from CFMEU
Queensland ALP faces an expensive conundrum with the big chunk of CFMEU cash presenting a needed boost for Steven Miles’s election campaign.
Cops called on e-scooter firm over alleged scam
Auckland has reported global e-vehicle company Beam Mobility to police and cancelled its scooter licence over the tech firm’s alleged scam in Australia and New Zealand to cheat councils out of fees.
Cover-up plan for alleged e-scooter scam revealed
Beam Mobility executives secretly discussed a cover-up strategy in case local governments and an independent monitoring app got suspicious about the alleged scam they estimated could deliver an extra $150,000 in monthly profit.
E-scooter firm accused of audacious scam
Global e-vehicle company, Beam Mobility, has allegedly been putting ‘phantom’ scooters on the streets of cities across Australia and New Zealand to cheat governments out of millions of dollars in fees and subvert safety limits.
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