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Minites uses a slogan ''It's moments like these you need Minties''. In the 1920s advertising included a cartoon, depicting some hapless bloke in a precarious predicament, sometimes drawn by James Bancks (who you might remember from such famous High Court cases as Associated Newspapers Ltd v Bancks [1955] HCA 24

http://www.goodfood.com.au/good-food/food-news/lollies-we-love-20130128-2dfyj.html?location=Melbourne

Cotton On Kids fined $1m for selling unsafe nightwear

2013-01-23T15:03:00.001+11:00

http://www.theage.com.au/business/cotton-on-kids-fined-1m--for-selling-unsafe-nightwear-20121218-2bkib.html

From Quo to woe for reckless radio station

2013-01-23T15:02:00.001+11:00

http://www.theage.com.au/business/from-quo-to-woe-for-reckless-radio-station-20130123-2d6jq.html

Sun, Sand, Surfing, Social Media and Copyright

2013-01-15T11:34:00.001+11:00

This case has it all

http://www.theage.com.au/technology/technology-news/photographer-sues-over-stolen-photo-20130115-2cqh1.html

Good example of some competition fundamentals

2013-01-04T10:20:00.001+11:00

http://www.theage.com.au/it-pro/business-it/google-scores-major-victory-in-antitrust-probe-20130104-2c7vi.html

Interesting to note that Microsoft, long time sparring partner of the FTC is reported as backing the action against Google.

Your (?) Facebook photos

2012-12-19T09:06:00.000+11:00

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-57559710-38/instagram-says-it-now-has-the-right-to-sell-your-photos/

Vacuum maker Dyson claims a spy was selling secrets to German rival

2012-10-25T14:39:00.001+11:00

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/retailandconsumer/9631492/Vacuum-maker-Dyson-claims-a-spy-was-selling-secrets-to-German-rival.html

High Profile Spam Scalp

2012-10-25T13:55:00.001+11:00

The Australian Communications and Media Authority has accepted an enforceable undertaking from Tiger Airways Holdings Limited—and payment of a $110,000 infringement notice by its subsidiary Tiger Airways Australia Pty Limited—for failing to unsubscribe customers from marketing emails

http://acma.gov.au/WEB/STANDARD/pc=PC_600082

Confessions of a university ghost writer

2012-10-17T07:22:00.001+11:00

http://www.theage.com.au/national/education/confessions-of-a-university-ghost-writer-20121016-27pch.html

The Age obviously are in the business of selling ads and the more attention grabbing the story, the better, but this series of anecdotal snippets might have some positive influence if raises the profile of this type of cheating and leads to better counter-measures.

Conversely, it might raise awareness of such cheating for students who have not engaged in such misconduct previously and exacerbate the problem. :-(

Some useful suggestions for dealing with ghost writing from Edith Cowan University at

http://intranet.ecu.edu.au/learning/for-academic-staff/curriculum-2012-resources/academic-factsheets/ghost-writing

Some research on the area has been conducted, including

Centre for Academic Integrity , 2000) http://ethics.sandiego.edu/eac/Summer2000/Readings/Principles.html
James, R., McInnis, C., & Devlin, M. (2002). Minimising Plagiarism. In Assessing Learning in Australian Universities. Australia: Centre for the Study of Higher Education.
Franklyn-Stokes, A. & Newstead, S.E. (1995). Undergraduate cheating: who does what and why? Studies in Higher Education, 20(2), 159-172.
Park, C. (2003). In Other (People's) Words: Plagiarism by University Students - Literature and Lessons. Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 28(5), 471-488.

http://www.tlc.murdoch.edu.au/project/acode/.

Deakin student suspended over copied work

2012-10-05T11:53:00.001+10:00

http://www.theage.com.au/national/postgraduate-education/deakin-student-suspended-over-copied-work-20121004-272b9.html

Uni cheats buy work in cyberspace

2012-10-03T04:44:00.001+10:00

It has long been my personally held view that these practices are widespread.

http://www.theage.com.au/national/tertiary-education/uni-cheats-buy-work-in-cyberspace-20121002-26xhj.html

To the extent that this exists, careful consideration to setting assessment tasks becomes increasingly important.

Anecdotally, I once heard from a uni graduate cab driver that he makes more money doing uni assignments than he does driving cabs

;-(

Sound familiar...

2012-09-26T21:58:00.001+10:00

Does this sound like Monash students?

http://www.beloit.edu/mindset/2016/