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ASIC to embed corporate cops in big four banks
Financial Services 2018-08-07 2:02 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission will get a $70.1  million boost to fight corporate wrongdoing as part of a funding package that includes a […]

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ACCC appeals suppressed ruling in Cascade Coal cartel case
Competition & Consumer Protection 2018-08-07 10:08 am By Cat Fredenburgh

The ACCC is appealing a ruling dismissing its cartel case against Cascade Coal that alleged the company reached an agreement with rival Loyal Coal in […]

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Big W worker wins $543,000 after injury sidelines career as paramedic
Employment 2018-08-06 7:40 pm By Christine Caulfield

A Big W worker whose on-the-job injury caused her chronic leg and back pain has won $543,000 in damages against Woolworths after the company admitted […]

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ACCC goes after Seednet for misleading farmers over barley performance
Agriculture 2018-08-06 11:30 am By Christine Caulfield

The consumer watchdog has filed enforcement action against grain supplier Seednet, alleging the company misled farmers about the quality of its newest barley variety. The […]

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PwC can’t force law firm off Vocation class action after lead applicant death
Class Actions 2018-08-03 9:47 pm By Christine Caulfield

A judge has dismissed a bid by PriceWaterhouseCoopers to have one of two law firms bow out of a joint class action against the accounting […]

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BHP faces second class action as it seeks to shut down first filed
Class Actions 2018-08-03 9:43 pm By Christine Caulfield

BHP Billiton is facing the possibility of a second shareholder class action over the Fundao dam failure at its mine in Brazil, but the cases […]

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Sarah Hanson-Young files defamation suit against fellow senator
Defamation 2018-08-02 3:50 pm By Christine Caulfield

Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young has followed through on her threat to sue Liberal Democrat Senator David Leyonhjelm for defamation, the first case to be brought […]

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UAE Exchange pays $1.3M to shortchanged workers
Employment 2018-08-02 2:07 pm By Christine Caulfield

Foreign currency exchange business UAE Exchange Australia will compensate over 200 workers $1.335 million after a Fair Work Ombudsman investigation found the company underpaid wages […]

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‘Winner-takes-all’ approach to competing class actions a loser, Maurice Blackburn says
Class Actions 2018-08-01 11:10 pm By Christine Caulfield

Forcing courts to choose a single winner in the battle over competing class actions would exacerbate the problems of overlapping cases and encourage a race […]

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Qantas right to sack flight attendant who got drunk off-duty, FWC says
Employment 2018-08-01 8:53 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The dismissal of a Qantas flight attendant who got drunk on peach martinis while off duty in New York City was not unfair, the Fair […]

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