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She also took a swipe at people walking around with “their bloody pyjamas on”.

Australian brokering service Openmarkets has been hit with a record $4.5 million fine following a scathing ruling over suspicious trading on its platform and a failure to comply with integrity rules.

The fine is the largest ever imposed by the Markets Disciplinary Panel (MDP) but would have been even higher had Openmarkets not entered into an enforceable undertaking over the matter.

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) launched an investigation when it found evidence of suspicious trading by an Openmarkets client – the same client whose suspicious trading in 2017 led to Openmarkets being fined $200,000.

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"The client had placed simultaneous bid and ask orders in the same security and at the same price on 2011 occasions (Same Price Orders)," ASIC said in a statement.

The MDP was scathing of Openmarkets, saying it had a "very poor" history and didn't have the proper controls in place to identify suspicious trading.

"Openmarkets has a history of compliance failures (including a 2017 MDP infringement notice) which the MDP described as being 'very poor' and an aggravating factor affecting the outcome," ASIC said.

"This outcome sends a clear message to market participants that breaches of market integrity rules will result in substantial penalties that should not be seen as a cost of doing business."

The MDP was satisfied Openmarkets contravened "numerous" integrity rules, and found at least eight failings.

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These included the "serious" and "very reckless" step of failing to engage the anti-wash trade filter – something that had also been identified in the 2017 infringement – and employing "insufficient staff with the appropriate skills, knowledge and experience to carry out effective trade surveillance".

The MDP also found Openmarkets failed to report further suspicious trading to ASIC and that senior employees behaved improperly.

"Openmarkets failed to prevent unprofessional conduct by senior staff," ASIC said.

"This included a senior staff member warning a client in relation to (its post-trade surveillance system) SMARTS alerts that they triggered, instead of escalating the matter to compliance.

"The MDP considered this was 'highly unprofessional and an aggravating factor'."

Openmarkets' former acting head of trading, Virginia Owczarek, has been banned from providing financial advice for three years.

The brokering firm said it had paid the fine and accepted ASIC's infringement notice, but insisted its business is markedly different now to what it was at the time of the offences.

"Openmarkets today is a very different business than it was in the period when the above conduct occurred," it said in a statement.

"Since these matters were identified, Openmarkets has significantly overhauled its business, under the leadership of a new executive team."

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A man facing 22 domestic violence offences after being found in an apartment with his partner's body should not be denied bail just because a murder charge could be brought against him, a judge has said.

Danny Zayat, 28, allegedly choked, assaulted, stalked and intimidated Tatiana Dokhotaru for two years before she was found dead in her Liverpool apartment on May 27, 2023.

Although he was arrested at the scene after being found with Dokhotaru's body, police are still investigating the cause of her death and Zayat has not been charged with murder.

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In a bail hearing in the NSW Supreme Court on Thursday, Justice Helen Wilson noted that the Colyton man could face more serious allegations.

"That's the elephant in the room, isn't it? Is he going to be charged with murder?" she asked.

However, the judge said any bail application would have to be considered on the domestic violence allegations only and not a hypothetical future charge.

"It's not for this court … to remand someone so he's available to be charged with murder at some later stage," she said.

Zayat was previously denied bail at Liverpool Local Court, and escalated his bid to the Supreme Court.

His barrister Ertunc Ozen SC conceded on Thursday that the couple had a turbulent and toxic relationship, but said Zayat had been heard running through the hallway of the Liverpool block shouting "help me" around the time of Dokhotaru's death.

Zayat also called triple zero with police observing him in extreme distress when they arrived, the barrister added.

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Ozen said Dokhotaru was dependent on the painkiller OxyContin, the abuse of which could have serious respiratory effects, and that the results of toxicology and pathology reports were needed.

The crown prosecutor rejected this as a mere assertion, saying there was no evidence of any intoxication or addiction.

Wilson granted bail after acknowledging that Zayat had no prior criminal history and that there was no risk to the community at large.

His bail conditions include that he reside with his mother in Colyton, report to police daily and be subject to a nightly curfew.

His mother will also hand over $20,000 which will be forfeited if Zayat fails to appear before the court.

His matter will next come before Campbelltown Local Court on August 8.

Support is available from the National Sexual Assault, Domestic Family Violence Counselling Service at 1800RESPECT (1800 737 732).

It is expected opponents of the rally will also attend.

Former AFL star Glenn Archer has admitted careless driving after knocking down a cyclist while overtaking him on a suburban Melbourne road.

The former North Melbourne captain and premiership player was driving a truck and towing a trailer and excavator when he overtook the cyclist on Rosanna Road in Heidelberg on January 11.

When traffic in front of him built up, Archer merged back into the left lane of the dual lane road but hadn't yet cleared the cyclist's path.

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The man was knocked off his bike onto the kerb, and his bike became tangled in the trailer's wheel arch.

The incident was captured on dashcam footage by another driver, and included branding for Archer's tree lopping company.

Paramedics took the cyclist to hospital where he was treated for three broken ribs, swelling to one knee, neck pain and grazing over his body.

Archer pleaded guilty in Heidelberg Magistrates Court on Thursday to a charge of careless driving.

The victim, who was in court, said he had to have bolts and six plates installed to treat a critical neck injury.

He suffers constant headaches and flashbacks and said his life will never be the same again.

The man had to cancel a family trip to Europe and said his life now consists of surgery and rehabilitation multiple times a day.

Archer did not stop at the scene and when contacted by police said he had "absolutely zero idea" that he had hit someone.

"If I knew I hit someone, I'm definitely stopping," he said.

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After watching footage of the collision he admitted his driving could definitely be considered careless.

Archer's lawyer told the court his client is on the road all day every day as the owner of his tree lopping business.

He apologised to the cyclist through his lawyer, having been discouraged by police from reaching out personally.

Archer was convicted and fined $1500. The offence carries a maximum penalty of $2200.

"It has had a considerable impact on the victim, albeit that it may have been unintentional," Magistrate Timothy Hoare said.

Archer kicked 143 goals in 311 games for the Kangaroos, between 1992 and 2007.

His son Jackson followed in his footsteps, joining the club last year.

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Australia's minister for home affairs has branded Donald Trump Jr a "big baby who isn't very popular", after he blamed the postponing of his down under tour on a "visa delay".

Denying claims the Australian Government played any part in the decision to cancel tour dates, Minister for Home Affairs and Cyber Security Clare O'Neil tweeted the former president's son was in fact granted a visa, claiming the tour simply didn't sell many tickets.

The tweets were later deleted.

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"Geez, Donald Trump Jr is a bit of a sore loser," O'Neil said on social media.

"His dad lost an election fair and square – but he said it was stolen.

"Now, he's trying to blame the Australian Government for his poor ticket sales and cancelled tour."

Donald Trump Jr "has been given a visa to come to Australia", O'Neil went on, "he didn't get cancelled", he's "just a big baby who isn't very popular". 

Trump, the eldest son of former the US president, was set to speak in Melbourne, Sydney, and Brisbane from July 9-11.

However, in a release, tour associates Turning Point Australia said overnight that the dates would have to be rescheduled.

They said Trump's visa was only received "late afternoon" yesterday, 24 hours before the conservative activist was due to board a plane for Australia.

Turning Point Australia said the tour had already sold 8000 tickets across the three states, including selling out all "VIP" tickets, priced at $2500.

"Ticket holders are urged to hold onto their tickets, with details of the rescheduled date to be confirmed in the coming days," the Australian website for Trump Live says.

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A spokesperson for the Department of Home Affairs said it did not comment on individual cases.

"The Australian Government will continue to act decisively to protect the community from the risk of harm posed by individuals who choose to engage in criminal activity or behaviour of concern, including visa cancellation or refusal where appropriate," the spokesperson said.

"All non-citizens who wish to enter or remain in Australia must satisfy the requirements of the Migration Act 1958 (the Act) and Migration Regulations 1994, including identity, health, security and character requirements."

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Australian international airports have been plunged into chaos as a "nationwide systems outage" within the Australian Border Force (ABF) causes huge delays and extended check-in times.

It's understood travellers are facing lengthy delays to check-in for international flights at Melbourne Airport, with reports other hubs are also affected.

A spokesman for the airport said the outage is affecting all airlines.

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"We do have quite long lines at international check-in at the moment," Melbourne Airport's Andrew Lund told Nine radio station 3AW.

"The problem is there's a systems outage with the ABF, we understand it's a nationwide outage and it's affecting all airlines.

"Check-in is still happening, but it's just happening a lot slower than it typically would."

Lund was unable to pinpoint the issue but said the problem is affecting other airports too.

"All I know is that it's an issue on the ABF's end and it's impacting (how) airlines would typically communicate with the ABF," he said.

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The ABF told 9news.com.au it is urgently working to rectify the issue.

"The Australian Border Force (ABF) can confirm our service provider who manages the Advanced Passenger Processing systems (APP) is experiencing an IT outage," a spokesperson said.

"The system outage is affecting the APP in all international check-in points.

"We are working with the service provider to assist with resolving the matter urgently.

"The ABF will revert to manual processing of passengers where applicable."

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