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Bupa must pay $35M in unconscionable conduct case
Competition & Consumer Protection 2025-12-11 11:45 pm By Christine Caulfield

A court has slapped private health insurer Bupa with a $35 million penalty after it admitted to misleading thousands of customers about their benefits for over five years.

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Judge who delivered 5-hour livestream verdict in Dawson trial farewelled
Courts 2025-12-11 11:56 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

The NSW Supreme Court judge who found former rugby league player and teacher Chris Dawson guilty of murdering his wife has retired from the bench.

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Detention class action wants case revived, says High Court ruling misunderstood
Class Actions 2025-12-10 11:10 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The applicant in an immigration detention class action that was discontinued four years ago wants to revive the proceedings, arguing the solicitors and the court misunderstood a High Court decision as dooming the case. 

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7-Eleven class action members challenge settlement payout
Class Actions 2025-12-10 5:08 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Four group members in a franchisee class action against 7-Eleven that settled for $98 million in 2022 are seeking court review of the amounts they were awarded under the settlement scheme.

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Burwood apartment developer can retain deposit after email repudiation by buyer
Construction 2025-12-11 11:16 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

The developer of an apartment complex in Melbourne’s east can retain a $883,000 deposit from convicted fraudster Demetrios ‘James’ Charisiou’s real estate investment firm, which was found to have repudiated a contract over email.

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United Petroleum in fight with VicRoads over contamination at Westgate Freeway servos
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-12-11 11:58 pm By Andy Sidler

United Petroleum is locked in a dispute with VicRoads over the agency’s management of contamination at two service stations leased by UP along the Westgate Freeway. 

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Melbourne Rebels directors grilled on ‘startling’ inability to explain tax case
Tax 2025-12-10 4:43 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has called out the directors of failed Super Rugby club Melbourne Rebels for their “startling” inability to explain their case against the club’s administrators and the tax office.

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ATO scolded for ‘tax now, ask questions later’ pursuit of Kupang director’s debt
Tax 2025-12-09 11:56 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has found the ATO knowingly received millions misappropriated by a former Kupang Resources director in order to satisfy a tax debt against him, with a judge skewering the tax office for instituting a “policy of wilful blindness” in pursuit of the debt.

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JLL manager admitted harassment ‘morally unacceptable’, defence says
Employment 2025-12-09 11:13 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Commercial real estate group JLL has hit back at a case by a former CEO who says he was sacked over his handling of a harassment complaint against a manager, arguing the manager admitted his behaviour was “completely unacceptable”.

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CIP can subpoena police in $30M suit over Carver’s Reach development
Construction 2025-12-10 11:54 pm By Andy Sidler

CIP Group can subpoena Queensland Police, with a judge finding the timing of an ex-business partner’s complaints to police may be material to a change of tack in CIP’s $30 million suit over a residential development.

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