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ACCC delays announcement on WestConnex deal
Competition & Consumer Protection 2018-04-23 10:38 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has delayed its decision on the proposed $2 billion acquisition of Sydney’s WestConnex toll road by the Sydney Transport Partners Consortium after requesting more information on the deal.

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Passenger sues Qantas over exploding headphones
Competition & Consumer Protection 2018-04-23 10:19 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A seventy-eight-year-old man has taken Qantas to court over injuries allegedly suffered when headphones provided by the airline for in-flight entertainment exploded during a flight.

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ACCC to look at Uber Eats contracts
Competition & Consumer Protection 2018-04-23 9:39 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The head of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission said the regulator will scrutinise Uber Eats’ contracts with the restaurants that provide the food for its delivery service, in the wake of complaints from restaurants that the delivery service imposes unfair contract terms.

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Toll lawyer slams ‘rehash’ of landmark employment case
Employment 2018-04-20 10:26 pm By Miklos Bolza

A Toll freight handler who last year won the right to convert from a casual to full-time job in a precedent-setting ruling has taken the company to court again for not complying with the ruling, but a lawyer for Toll Transport on Friday argued the action was nothing but an attempt to relitigate the earlier case, which saw Toll pay $42,500 in penalties.

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Malaysia Airlines settles 2 cases over crash
Product Liability 2018-04-20 7:49 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Malaysia Airlines has reached agreements to end two cases in Australia brought by families of people who died when a Malaysia Airlines plane was shot down by a missile over Ukraine in 2014.

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“I’m at the end of my tether”: Ford class action judge vents
Class Actions 2018-04-19 7:54 pm By Miklos Bolza

A Federal Court judge has criticised the lack of progress in a major class action brought against Ford Australia, telling the applicant’s barrister to “get his act together”.

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Qantas can’t use lawyer in unfair dismissal case, FWC rules again
Employment 2018-04-07 12:10 am By Christine Caulfield

Qantas has struck out a second time in a week in a bid to have an outside lawyer represent it in proceedings before the Fair Work Commission, with a commissioner saying Thursday the airline was “more than capable” of representing itself.

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Japanese shipping co. pleads guilty in global cartel case
Competition & Consumer Protection 2018-04-05 12:28 pm By Christine Caulfield

Japan-based global shipper K-Line has pled guilty to its role in a criminal cartel, the second company to admit guilt in Australia in the case.   

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Flight Centre fined $12.5M for attempted price-fixing
Competition & Consumer Protection 2018-04-04 2:29 pm By Christine Caulfield

Flight Centre has been ordered to pay $12.5 million in penalties for making multiple attempts to enter into price-fixing arrangements with three international airlines.

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Qantas settles pain-in-the-neck case
Competition & Consumer Protection 2018-04-03 3:42 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Qantas has settled a lawsuit by a passenger who claims he suffered back and neck injuries after sitting in a faulty seat on a long-haul flight from Sydney to Los Angeles.

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