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CBA unit to pay $119.5M to settle consumer class action
Class Actions 2025-10-07 11:41 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Commonwealth Bank’s New Zealand unit, ASB Bank, has agreed to pay $119.35 million to settle a class action alleging it failed to repay fees and interest wrongly charged to 150,000 customers who took out home or personal loans.

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ASIC says 15 auditors likely did not comply with independence rules
ASIC 2025-10-07 11:56 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A recent review by ASIC found 15 auditors of different sizes failed to demonstrate compliance with independence and conflict of interest obligations.

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Telstra hit with $18M penalty in ACCC case over Belong speeds
Competition & Consumer Protection 2025-10-03 3:25 pm By Sam Matthews

Telstra has been ordered to pay $18 million in ACCC proceedings, after a court found the telco misled thousands of broadband customers about the speed of its budget internet provider Belong.

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Rebel Wilson ‘changed her position’ on actor’s alleged harassment: suit
Defamation 2025-10-03 11:41 pm By Christine Caulfield

Rebel Wilson posted claims to her 11 million Instagram followers that the lead actress in her directorial debut had complained about a producer’s harassment, while knowing the accusations were false, a defamation case alleges.

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Shinetec says court should not allow $48M ‘windfall’ for The Gosford
Construction 2025-10-07 11:55 pm By Sam Matthews

Builder Shinetec has argued $48 million paid to the developer of a $185 million project in Sydney by Bank of China under a standby letter of credit was money it lent to the collapsed developer, with a judge seeming to agree the sum would otherwise be a windfall.

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Geocon sues developers for $4M over Canberra residential projects
Construction 2025-10-07 11:18 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Canberra builder Geocon has brought a lawsuit against the developers of the Aspen and Establishment apartment buildings in Canberra, claiming it is owed $4 million in construction payments.

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Developer Sanur loses latest round in saga over historic Subiaco theatre
Construction 2025-10-07 11:06 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

In the latest chapter of a long-running dispute, a developer has failed in its appeal bid to tear down the historic Subiaco Theatre in Western Australia, despite raising public safety concerns.

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Builder dodges winding up bid by creditor after lawyer’s email ‘cast in threatening terms’
Construction 2025-10-07 11:33 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has declined a creditor’s bid to wind up Victorian builder Roberts Construction Group, finding that the application relied on a “very modest” debt and involved a solicitor’s email “cast in threatening terms”. 

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Developers of Richmond property win lease spat with body corporate
Construction 2025-10-07 11:39 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

The developers of an industrial-chic Melbourne apartment building have won a fight against the building’s owners corporation over a lease that allowed Vodafone to store telecommunications equipment on the roof.

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Defeat device class action can warn Isuzu owners about selling cars
Class Actions 2025-10-02 1:07 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has allowed a class action over Isuzus that allegedly contained emissions cheat devices to send an opt out notice to group members that includes a warning that if they sell their cars, they may “lose some or all of the money” they could receive in any settlement. 

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