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SkyCity settles with AUSTRAC, puts aside $73M for penalty
Gaming 2024-02-01 4:57 pm By Cindy Cameronne

SkyCity has reached an agreement with AUSTRAC in proceedings alleging it allowed $4 billion in suspicious transactions, setting aside $73 million to cover penalty and […]

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Government rejects $510M settlement offer in live exports class action
Class Actions 2024-01-19 5:22 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The Minister for Agriculture has rejected an offer to settle a nine-year-old class action over the government’s 2011 ban on the live export of cattle […]

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Judge rejects climate challenge to NSW logging agreement
Environment 2024-01-10 12:44 pm By Cindy Cameronne

An environmental group has lost its case alleging the federal government failed to take climate change into account when it renewed an agreement for logging […]

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ASIC can’t undo stay of disciplinary case against iSignthis auditor
Appeals 2024-01-08 11:59 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has lost its bid to pursue a disciplinary case against former Grant Thornton director Bradley Taylor over his 2018 […]

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Top 10 class action settlements of 2023
Top 10 Class Action Settlements 2024-01-05 4:07 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Companies and government entities paid out less to settle class actions in 2023 than in the previous two years, with no mega settlements hitting their […]

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Court OKs $27.5M settlement in unlawful detention class action
Class Actions 2023-12-22 11:01 pm By Christine Caulfield

A $27.5 million settlement reached in a class action over the alleged unlawful detention of 240 Indonesian children has won court approval, but the applicant’s […]

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ACT Police Chief can’t intervene in Drumgold challenge to Higgins prosecution report
Public law 2023-12-19 3:08 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has refused a bid by the ACT Police Chief to intervene on behalf of the AFP in Shane Drumgold SC legal challenge to […]

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Government urged to shell out $900M to settle live exports class action
Class Actions 2023-12-04 10:43 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The applicant in a nine-year-old class action over the government’s 2011 live exports ban has urged the Commonwealth to pay up to $900 million to […]

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High Court asked to take up judicial immunity appeal
Appeals 2023-11-22 4:07 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The state of Queensland has urged the High Court to step in after a Federal Circuit and Family Court judge was held personally liable for […]

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Class action firm may seek compensation for unlawful immigration detention
Human Rights 2023-11-10 9:05 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A leading class action firm may seek compensation for those who were illegally detained after the High Court ruled that Australia’s system of holding individuals […]

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