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.

Telco giant Optus runs a “world-class” global cyber security business but is refusing to say whether it was used to protect its Australian customers, the group’s biggest source of profit.

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.

The Commonwealth Ombudsman has called for a review of hundreds of Prime Minister and Cabinet appointments over concerns key officials have been illegally appointed to multiple jobs.

Since deleted NSW Government “guidelines” for a $300 million investment fund show the Wagga Wagga gun club grant approved by Dominic Perrottet was expressly illegal from the outset.

The $5.5 million Dominic Perrottet illegally awarded a regional NSW gun club escaped the scrutiny of the state’s chief auditor because it was not “sampled” as part of the annual government inspection.