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Full Court triples ‘manifestly inadequate’ penalty against Employsure
Competition & Consumer Protection 2023-02-08 11:34 am By Cindy Cameronne

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has won its appeal against Employsure over alleged misleading Google advertisements, with the Full Federal Court upping the penalty […]

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Buscopan cartel yields $2M penalty, landmark sentence for exec
Competition & Consumer Protection 2022-11-29 4:01 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A judge has hit Alkaloids of Australia with a nearly $2 million penalty for engaging in cartel conduct and sentenced its former export manager to […]

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Prosecutors lose challenge to time limit in criminal case against ME Bank
Financial Services 2022-11-29 3:39 pm By Christine Caulfield

Federal prosecutors pursuing a case against Members Equity have lost an appeal of a ruling that threw out half the charges against the direct bank […]

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$1M penalty against NQ Cranes over cartel agreement gets court’s OK
Competition & Consumer Protection 2022-11-23 5:20 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A judge has approved a $1 million penalty against Queensland crane company NQ Cranes for engaging in a conspiracy with a multinational rival to divide […]

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Crane maker NQCranes agrees to $1M penalty in ACCC’s cartel case
Competition & Consumer Protection 2022-10-26 11:36 am By Cindy Cameronne

Queensland crane company NQCranes has agreed to pay a $1 million penalty in the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s case alleging it engaged in a […]

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$27M penalty for ‘extensive and systematic’ failures by CBA units
Financial Services 2022-10-25 11:03 pm By Sam Matthews

Commonwealth Bank units CommSec and Australian Investments Exchange have been ordered to pay more than $27 million for “serious and unacceptable” system failures that led […]

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In latest scathing reversal, judge gets overturned for ‘illogical’ finding against worker
Appeals 2022-09-27 11:04 pm By Sam Matthews

The Federal Court has overturned the ex-tempore ruling of a judge who has been taken to task in strongly-worded appeals court decisions on numerous occasions, […]

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Alkaloids export manager should face prison for cartel conduct, court told
Competition & Consumer Protection 2022-09-16 11:12 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The federal prosecutor has argued that the former export manager of pharmaceutical ingredient producer Alkaloids of Australia should serve prison time after pleading guilty to […]

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Cartel case dropped against director of money transfer biz
Competition & Consumer Protection 2022-09-08 11:05 am By Sam Matthews

The director of a money transfer business accused of fixing foreign exchange rates has been let off the hook after four other people associated with […]

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Drug ingredient maker Alkaloids faces $30M penalty for ‘actively policing’ cartel
Competition & Consumer Protection 2022-09-05 11:32 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Pharmaceutical ingredient producer Alkaloids of Australia is facing a maximum $30 million penalty but has argued it should pay less than $1 million after pleading […]

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