Alcatel graft ‘almost institutionalised’
CORRUPTION at telco giant Alcatel was “almost institutionalised” in Kenya and Taiwan, according to a former company executive.
Investigations
Alcatel’s graft fine ‘one of US biggest’
THE US government has described the financial penalty it imposed on Alcatel-Lucent as one of the largest fines of its type in US history.
Legal advice stored as secret file
LEGAL advice that led to Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Simon Overland being cleared over leaking telephone tap intelligence is being kept secret.
I got it wrong, Quigley tells MPs
NBN chief Michael Quigley has admitted making more incorrect claims about his past as one of the top executives of French telecommunications giant Alcatel.
NBN boss admits more incorrect claims
NBN chief Michael Quigley has admitted making more incorrect claims about his past as a top executive of French telco Alcatel, which has been punished for corruption.
Bribe countries on NBN boss’s watch
MICHAEL Quigley was responsible for overseeing Alcatel operations in four countries where company employees paid bribes to corrupt officials.
I was in charge, Quigley confirms
NBN head Michael Quigley has confirmed he was in charge of a regional division of the telecommunications giant Alcatel while bribes were paid in return for contracts.
Quigley and court records at odds
A HOST of public claims made by NBN chief Michael Quigley about French Telco giant Alcatel-Lucent are different from allegations made in US court documents.
Deal stopped probes on global corruption
TELECOMS giant Alcatel was spared from ongoing investigation by cutting a deal in which the company paid a massive fine to US authorities.
NBN scout silent on inquiry
THE process behind the hiring of the top executive at the NBN apparently failed to disclose controversial information.
President’s threat stops aid cut
AUSAID reversed a decision to slash funding to an East Timorese program after a warning from President Jose Ramos-Horta.
Engineer bores a hole in dam untruths
WIVENHOE Dam is increasingly seen as the chief culprit behind the Brisbane flood.
Chance to end Alice’s era of ‘animal bars’ wasted
OFFICIALS bungled a chance to shut down one of Alice Springs’s “animal bars” and have taken more than 18 months to suspend others caught breaching liquor laws.
Costs of onshore facilities explode
THE cost of maintaining Australia’s expanding network of onshore detention facilities has exploded under the Labor government.
Key dam strategies among censored data
SEQ Water has denied any deviation from the guidelines in the dam operation manual
Cheap dam upgrade reduced its capacity
The actual capacity of Brisbane’s Wivenhoe Dam for flood storage is significantly less than claimed by the Queensland government
Engineer warned of danger from dam
BRISBANE City Council’s top flood engineer recommended a decade ago that Wivenhoe Dam be operated differently as a bigger buffer against flooding.
Water storage levels ‘made damage worse’
DAVID Goodwin and his family drove up to Wivenhoe Dam on the afternoon of Sunday, January 9, to witness the release of water from the dam’s gates.
Staff rifts on safety and supervision
QUEENSLAND’S senior water managers warned of tension between staff and management over safety at Wivenhoe.
Water releases too low: engineer
MORE serious questions about Wivenhoe Dam were raised yesterday by a senior engineer who claims the Brisbane River flooding was avoidable.
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