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Data breaches hit record high in 2024, OAIC says
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2025-05-13 11:23 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Businesses and government agencies notified the privacy regulator of over 1,100 data breaches last year, the highest annual total since mandatory reporting started in 2018.  The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner revealed on Tuesday that it was notified of 1,113 notifications last year, marking a 25 per cent increase from 893 notifications in 2023. …

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Johnson Winter Slattery picks up Clayton Utz insolvency partner
Business of Law 2025-05-13 11:58 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Johnson Winter Slattery has hired a new partner for the firm’s restructuring and insolvency team.

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‘Chorus of deflections’: ASIC slams Star board’s ‘apathy’ over AML/CTF breaches
Trials 2025-05-12 11:40 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Star Entertainment’s management and board cannot shirk responsibility for turning a blind eye to money laundering risks by pointing the finger at each other, ASIC has told a court.

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Class action over risky CFDs wins access to customer screening data
Class Actions 2025-05-12 11:06 pm By Andy Sidler

A class action against CMC Markets has won access to data thought to reveal that approximately 2,500 customers who failed screening tests for risky financial products were nevertheless permitted to trade. 

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Court tosses client’s ‘indefensible’ case against lawyers after fourth repleading
Professional Negligence 2025-05-12 11:28 pm By Andy Sidler

A court has dismissed a client’s attempt to join Kheir Lawyers to an action against Shine Lawyers, after the application — repleaded for a fourth time — remained “indefensible”.

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Abacus Storage Kings rejects $1.9B takeover offer
Construction 2025-05-13 11:27 am By Cat Fredenburgh

Abacus Storage Kings has rejected a $1.9 billion takeover offer from a consortium of Ki Corporation, the family office of South African businessman Nathan Kirsh, and New York Stock Exchange-listed Public Storage.

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Ampol to divest Australia, NZ retail electricity businesses
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-05-13 11:33 pm By Andy Sidler

Petrol giant Ampol has announced it is exiting the retail electricity market in Australia and New Zealand, divesting its assets to AGL and Meridian to direct its focus towards electric vehicle charging and renewable fuels. 

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ANZ flex commissions class action asks court not to disturb GCO
Class Actions 2025-05-09 11:27 pm By Sam Matthews

The plaintiff in a flex commissions class action against ANZ has asked the court to approve a $85 million settlement, including a 24.5 per cent group costs order, citing the “considerable risk” involved in running the case.

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Class action funder Woodsford denies sex discrimination claims by ex-director
Discrimination 2025-05-09 11:49 pm By Christine Caulfield

Litigation funder Woodsford has responded to a former female director’s sex and age discrimination lawsuit, denying the claims and seeking dismissal of the case.

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‘An order is an order’: Judge scolds ASIC for failing to file defence in Palmer case
ASIC 2025-05-09 11:37 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

A lawyer for the Australian Securities and Investments Commission has been grilled by a Federal Court judge for failing to file a defence in Clive Palmer’s case against the corporate watchdog.

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