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Meta removed 544,000 kids accounts in first month of social media ban
Social Media 2026-01-12 4:32 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Meta has sharply criticised Australia’s social media ban for children after confirming it removed over half a million Facebook, Instagram and Threads accounts in the first month of the ban.

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GE Grid hit with $400K penalty for enviro reporting contraventions
Environment 2026-01-13 11:04 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A GE unit has been hit with a $400,000 penalty after admitting it failed to comply with greenhouse gas reporting obligations for four years.

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Court asked to vary $10.7M freezing order over ‘highly unusual’ airport deal
Competition & Consumer Protection 2026-01-09 11:47 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A Dubai-based investor is seeking to vary “punitive” freezing orders won by a brokerage firm that claims he failed to repay a $10.7 million (US$7.2 million) debt over a “highly unusual” airport investment proposal.

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University of NSW hit with $211K penalty for underpaying casual staff
Employment 2026-01-09 11:09 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

The University of NSW has been hit with a $211,200 penalty after admitting to “systemic” underpayments of casual staff at its business school.

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Court gives green light to inner-Sydney backpackers development
Construction 2026-01-12 11:35 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

The NSW Land and Environment Court has cleared the way for a backpackers and hotel accommodation development in Haymarket, Sydney.

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Seek, Employment Hero resolve misuse of market power lawsuit
Competition & Consumer Protection 2026-01-08 6:01 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A Federal Court suit by HR company Employment Hero accusing investor and rival Seek of misusing its market power has been resolved.

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Monadelphous scores $110M contract with BW Offshore
Energy & Natural Resources 2026-01-08 11:32 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Monadelphous Group has won a $110 million contract with offshore engineer BW Opal to provide maintenance services at a facility off the coast of Darwin.

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Bruce Lehrmann launches High Court appeal in defamation case
Defamation 2026-01-07 6:03 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Former political staffer Bruce Lehrmann has taken his fight against a civil finding that he raped colleague Brittany Higgins to the High Court.

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ASIC sues BDO, director over audit reports for Dubber
Accounting 2025-12-23 11:26 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

The corporate cop has sued BDO Audit and director Dean Just in the Federal Court over alleged false and misleading reports it made for ASX-listed software company Dubber. 

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Leaders of Telegram ‘pump and dump’ scheme sentenced
ASIC 2025-12-23 11:51 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Four people who operated an illegal ‘pump and dump’ scheme through the Telegram app have been convicted and sentenced to terms of imprisonment via intensive correction orders.

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