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Whyalla Port administrators win bid to delay creditors meeting
Transportation & Infrastructure 2025-07-04 11:55 pm By Sam Matthews

The administrators of the company claiming to own the Whyalla Port have more time until a second creditors meeting to investigate a proposed DOCA as well as a $1.3 billion proof of debt served by Whyalla steelworks operator OneSteel.

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Fortrend sues Shaw pair again, this time over payment demands
Employment 2025-07-01 11:33 pm By Christine Caulfield

Two Shaw & Partners advisers who won $580,000 in penalties and compensation against former employer Fortrend Securities face fresh litigation seeking to quash their demands for payment.

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ANZ whistleblower can’t tweak case for 13th time
Financial Services 2025-06-21 5:40 am By Andy Sidler

With three months until trial, a judge has knocked back a former ANZ trader’s bid to appeal a decision which barred him from amending his case for what would have been the thirteenth time.

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Fortrend lodges another appeal in spat with Shaw & Partners duo
Employment 2025-06-05 11:52 pm By Christine Caulfield

Fortrend Securites is challenging a judge’s ruling that it owes $580,000 in penalties and compensation for withholding the bonuses of two departing advisors, its second appeal in their bitter dispute.

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John Pesutto owes $2.3M in costs in Moira Deeming defamation suit
Defamation 2025-05-16 4:38 pm By Andy Sidler

Former Victorian Liberal party leader John Pesutto has been ordered to pay $2.3 million in costs in MP Moira Deeming’s defamation suit over statements found to have conveyed that she had links to neo-Nazis. 

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SA government to usher in law clarifying Whyalla Port ownership
Transportation & Infrastructure 2025-05-14 11:43 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

The South Australian government has flagged new legislation to clarify ownership of the Whyalla Port following legal action to wrest control of the port from Sanjeev Gupta’s GFG Alliance.

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In loss for ASIC, Full Court finds crypto currency provider did not need AFSL
Appeals 2025-04-23 11:24 pm By Sam Matthews

The Full Court has granted a cross-appeal by crypto currency provider Block Earner, finding its did not need a financial services licence because its crypto product is not a financial product.

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‘Far-fetched and uncommercial’ take on PPAs rejected in spat over NT power plants
Transportation & Infrastructure 2025-04-23 11:17 pm By Christine Caulfield

Electricity provider Rimfire Energy has prevailed in a fight with the builders of two power plants in the Northern Territory, winning $1.4 million in damages for a four-year delay in reaching target operating dates.

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Alex Greenwich loses bid for indemnity costs from Mark Latham
Defamation 2025-04-04 3:17 pm By Andy Sidler

MP Alex Greenwich has lost his bid for indemnity costs from ex-NSW One Nation leader Mark Latham, with a judge finding it was not unreasonable for Latham to reject a $20,000 offer to settle the defamation suit.

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Latham stands by refusal to apologise to MP Alex Greenwich for homophobic tweet
Defamation 2025-03-27 11:27 pm By Andy Sidler

Former NSW One Nation leader Mark Latham is pushing back on Sydney MP Alex Greenwich’s bid for indemnity costs, arguing that he was justified in rejecting defamation settlement offers that required an apology.

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