An appeals court has confirmed that mining companies AngloGold and IGO Limited did not need to renegotiate native title approvals when they consolidated 31 existing mining leases into a single lease.
Granting an appeal by native title holders, the High Court has found that a ‘connection’ with relevant land need not be demonstrated by physical acts.
A judge has ordered WA-based Quantum Housing Group to pay $700,000 and its sole director another $50,000 after finding the company misled investors in the National Rental Affordability Scheme.
The consumer regulator has dragged Western Australia’s Quantum Housing and its sole director to court for allegedly engaging in unconscionable conduct and false, misleading or deceptive conduct in relation to a government-sponsored affordable housing program that incentivises below-market rentals.