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Court expands freeze over $158M in assets linked to Keystone collapse
Restructuring & Insolvency 2025-09-16 11:27 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Keystone Asset Management liquidators have won expanded freezing orders to cover all property, bank accounts and luxury cars up to $158 million owned by developer Robert Filippini and related entities.

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New freezing orders cover up to $158M in assets of Keystone-linked developer
Restructuring & Insolvency 2025-09-16 11:02 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Liquidators of defunct investment firm Keystone Asset Management have won expanded freezing orders to cover property up to $158 million in the name of developer Robert Filippini and family members.

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Meta ordered to put on defence in ACCC case over scam crypto ads
Competition & Consumer Protection 2025-09-12 11:44 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A judge has ordered Facebook owner Meta to file its defence in the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s three-year-old case over scam cryptocurrency ads on the social media platform. 

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Martinus Rail wins fight over $23M payment claim
Scott Robertson 2025-09-15 3:29 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Martinus Rail has won its fight against grain supply chain Co-operative Bulk Handling over a $23 million payment claim for building a rail siding in WA, with a judge finding that the deadline for responding to the claim began running from a Saturday.

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Class action must wait for damages in competition case against Apple, Google
Competition & Consumer Protection 2025-09-11 11:04 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has put off deciding what damages group members are owed in two class actions against Apple and Google after finding the tech companies engaged in anti-competitive conduct in the app marketplace.

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AMCI founder’s sacking of Australian boss not valid, court says
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-09-10 11:02 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

In the latest chapter of a feud between billionaires Fritz Kundrun and Hans Mende, the co-founders of global commodities firm AMCI, a court has found the sacking of the group’s Australian managing director was invalid.

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Multi-employer bargaining appeal by Peabody, Whitehaven dismissed
Employment 2025-09-10 11:19 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

An appeals court has thrown out challenges by three mining giants to a Fair Work Commission decision that requires them to bargain together with a group of employees and their union.

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Labour hire firms double down on recusal bid in FWC cases
Employment 2025-09-10 11:17 pm By Christine Caulfield

A group of labour hire firms are continuing their push to disqualify former Labor MP turned Fair Work Commission deputy president Terri Butler from same job, same pay cases by the union representing coal miners.

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Meta loses second strike-out bid in ACCC crypto ads case
Social Media 2025-09-05 11:09 am By Cindy Cameronne

Meta has lost its latest bid to strike out the consumer regulator’s case alleging it failed to put up “reasonable safeguards” to prevent scam cryptocurrency ads on its Facebook platform.

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Mitsui sues Kipper gas field partners Esso, Woodside over $300M tax bill
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-09-08 11:17 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Japan-based Mitsui has sued Esso Australia and Woodside Energy, its partners in the Kipper gas field in the Bass Strait, disputing their claims that it owes $298 million in taxes and alleging it overpaid fees to the tune of $20.3 million. 

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