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Second Super Retail whistleblower comes forward, as court rejects bid to redact lawyer’s case
Employment 2024-08-14 11:18 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Super Retail Group has lost a bid to suppress parts of a case by former chief legal officer and company secretary Rebecca Farrell, who says she was sacked in May following complaints of corporate goverance issues, as a second senior employee steps up to back her former colleague’s claims.

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Acciona must deliver bank guarantees for $511M waste-to-energy plant
Energy & Natural Resources 2024-08-14 1:57 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has ruled that Acciona must deliver $38.6 million in bank guarantees to the entity in charge of a $511 million waste-to-energy plant in Western Australia, despite allegations of insolvency levelled by the Spanish infrastructure giant.

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‘Nonsense’: ATO slams ex-EY partner’s privilege claim over termination advice
Tax 2024-08-13 11:13 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A former EY partner who was ousted after the tax office claimed he had promoted a $700,000 tax exploitation scheme has argued he is entitled to claim privilege over communications with the accounting firm’s general counsel and an external barrister, despite EY having waived it. 

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TPG follows telco giants in scrapping exclusivity deal with Google
Competition & Consumer Protection 2024-08-13 2:03 pm By Sam Matthews

The competition watchdog has accepted an undertaking from TPG not to renew an agreement requiring it to pre-install Google on mobile devices it supplies, following similar undertakings given by Telstra and Optus last month. 

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Repped by firm on winning streak, Boral takes shareholder class action to trial
Trials 2024-08-12 11:20 pm By Christine Caulfield

Buoyed by the recent trial success of CBA and other companies facing shareholder ire, building materials giant Boral is taking its chances at a hearing in a class action alleging disclosure breaches linked to its US windows business.

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Kingfisher Mobile pares claims in $45M lawsuit against Telstra
Telecommunications 2024-08-16 11:45 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Contractor Kingfisher Mobile has dropped a claim against Telstra in a $45 million lawsuit alleging the telco breached a November 2022 contract when it engaged a new provider to take over. 

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Meta can’t be left in the dark about ACCC’s crypto ads case, judge says
Competition & Consumer Protection 2024-08-12 2:59 pm By Sam Matthews

The consumer regulator must identify the advertisements it relies on to prove its case against Meta over scam cryptocurrency ads on Facebook, with a judge saying the social media giant should know the case it has to meet.

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ATO asks High Court to reverse PepsiCo’s win on royalty withholding tax
Intellectual Property 2024-08-09 11:41 pm By Sam Matthews

The tax office has asked the High Court to overturn a decision which found that payments made by Asahi Breweries-owned Schweppes to PepsiCo under agreements to sell brands such as Pepsi and Mountain Dew in Australia were not subject to a royalty withholding tax. 

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Telstra fights silk’s claims over email bounce-back
Competition & Consumer Protection 2024-08-09 11:49 pm By Sam Matthews

Telstra has hit back at a senior barrister’s suit alleging it flags his emails to Bigpond addresses as spam and fails to send them, saying the problem has already been fixed. 

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Rio Tinto unit wins stay in dispute with government over Jabiluka mine lease
Energy & Natural Resources 2024-08-08 10:14 pm By Andy Sidler

A court has granted Rio Tinto unit Energy Resources Australia an interim stay to allow it to contest the government’s decision not to renew its lease for the Jabiluka uranium mine in the Northern Territory.

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