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‘None of it strikes me as nefarious’: Judge puts ACCC’s Woolworths case to the test
A judge has again voiced doubts about the ACCC's misleading conduct case over Woolworths' 'Prices Dropped' campaign, probing counsel for the regulator at length on Thursday about how the claims stack up.
Rebel Wilson denies ‘outrageous’ Snapchat hacking claim
During her final day in the witness box, actress Rebel Wilson has denied claims that she was behind the hacking of the Snapchat account of 'The Deb' star Charlotte MacInnes.
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AirTrunk to invest $4.2B on Malaysian data centres
Australian data centre platform AirTrunk has announced it will invest $4.2 billion to build two new data centres in Malaysia.
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ISPT loses challenge to $20M duty after revenue office aggregates deals
A court has dismissed a challenge by ISPT to a $20 million tax assessment by the NSW State Revenue's Office over two acquisitions that increased its stake in Fort Street Real Estate Capital Fund.
Qantas class action funder, lawyers to take $40M from settlement
Lawyers running a class action against Qantas over flight cancellations during COVID-19 will take home $15 million from a $105 million settlement, while the funder is set to receive another $25 million, a court has heard.
Shield-linked director says ASIC probe leaves him in limbo
A former director of marketing companies linked to the failed Shield and First Guardian funds says ASIC's 14-month investigation has left him facing a travel ban and freezing orders but no substantive allegations.
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Gov’t throws $45M into plan for ‘one-stop-shop’ approval process
The federal government will spend $45 million over the next four years to develop bilateral agreements with states that will put an end to duplicative environmental approvals. 
Apple ‘can’t be trusted to do the right thing’, Epic Games tells court
Epic Games has told a judge that Apple is treating Australian competition laws with “arrogant disrespect” and urged him to order injunctions after he found the tech giant engaged in anti-competitive conduct in the app marketplace.
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High Court asked to overturn domestic building insurance ruling
The High Court has been asked to overturn a ruling from the Victorian Court of Appeal that found domestic building insurance policies do not respond to when a defect arises, but rather to when loss or damage is suffered.
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ICAC finds ex-School Infrastructure NSW CEO engaged in corrupt conduct
The NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption has found a former high-ranking official in the NSW Department of Education engaged in corrupt conduct by awarding contracts to friends, calling it a “clear case of cronyism”.