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An appeals court has dismissed an environmental advocacy group’s challenge to the extension of two Mach Energy and Whitehaven Coal mega coal mines in NSW, saying the current environmental laws are “ill-suited” to dealing with the global threat of climate change.
A judge has ordered Western Australian biotech Holista Colltech to pay a penalty of $1.8 million for making misleading representations to the market about sales of its natural sanitiser product during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, and hit its CEO with a four-year ban.
Telecommunications giant SingTel has lost its challenge a ruling in favour of the ATO’s decision to reject over $894,000 in tax deductions related to its $14.2 billion acquisition of Optus.
A judge has ordered soft class closure ahead of mediation in a class action against five major banks over alleged foreign exchange rate-rigging, saying the applicant's subjective view on what will assist mediation should not be imposed on the banks.
‘Don’t you want to know who you’re acting for?’: Judge probes applicant in rate-rigging class action
A judge has questioned the applicant’s opposition to soft class closure in a class action accusing five major banks of rate-rigging, a measure the banks say could save “tens of millions” in legal expenses.
Federal environment minister Tanya Plibersek wrongly focused on the net effect of approving an application by MACH Energy and Whitehaven Coal to extend two mega coal mines in New South Wales, an advocacy group has told an appeals court.
A government entity that subsidises fossil fuel projects is facing a novel lawsuit alleging it failed to disclose the full environmental and climate impacts of its activities.
The High Court has declined to weigh in on a dispute between a retired law firm partner and the ATO over tax on $182,000 in goodwill payments the lawyer received upon exiting the firm's partnership.
An advocacy group has appealed a judgment that found it was "legally open" to federal environment minister Tanya Plibersek to approve the extension of two mega coal mines in New South Wales.
Citibank has argued group members should be asked to sign on to a class action accusing five major banks of entering a cartel agreement to rig foreign exchange rates before evidence is filed in the case, saying it was impossible to know how much the claims were worth.