Guide Dogs Victoria’s board – which claims to have been unaware of political spruiking by its ousted CEO Karen Hayes – was alerted to serious concerns of similar activity almost decade ago.

Guide Dogs Victoria delivered just 40 guide dogs last financial year - the same number as a decade ago - despite receiving over $21 million in revenue.

The general manager responsible for communications at Guide Dogs Victoria has left the embattled group, along with its chief financial officer.

Almost a month after Optus suffered one of the worst data breaches in Australian history it continues to run a “completely insecure” website, says a top cybersecurity expert.

Optus owner Singtel has suffered another serious Australian breach, with data appearing on the dark web after an “unauthorised third party” accessed customer information and the personal records of 1,000 employees.

The top public official responsible for penalising medical practitioners who rip-off Medicare was paid for two Federal Government jobs for her entire five-and-a-half-year tenure.