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Former EY partner banned for alleged tax evasion
Tax 2025-05-16 4:16 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A former EY partner who is in court over an alleged tax exploitation scheme has been banned for five years by the Tax Practitioner’s Board, which claims he engaged in “serious, deliberate and dishonest” misconduct. 

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John Pesutto owes $2.3M in costs in Moira Deeming defamation suit
Defamation 2025-05-16 4:38 pm By Andy Sidler

Former Victorian Liberal party leader John Pesutto has been ordered to pay $2.3 million in costs in MP Moira Deeming’s defamation suit over statements found to have conveyed that she had links to neo-Nazis. 

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Former HR head sues Slater & Gordon over email with salary data
Employment 2025-05-15 11:44 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A former Slater & Gordon executive who says she was wrongfully accused of sending a firm-wide email with sensitive salary data has sued the law firm for negligence, saying it should have done more to exonerate her. 

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Tyro class action settlement administrator’s ‘extraordinary’ threat to quit backfires
Class Actions 2025-05-15 11:29 pm By Christine Caulfield

A judge has refused a bid for more money to distribute a $5 million settlement in a class action against Tyro and has barred the scheme administrator from resigning without the court’s leave, after he threatened to quit.

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EnergyAustralia settles greenwashing case on eve of trial
Greenwashing 2025-05-15 11:22 pm By Andy Sidler

EnergyAustralia has reached a settlement with advocacy group Parents for Climate in a suit accusing it of falsely promoting its carbon offset products as carbon neutral.

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Apple defeats patent infringement suit over Touch ID technology
Intellectual Property 2025-05-15 3:32 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Apple has defeated a claim by an Australian non-practicing entity that its patents for a remote entry system were infringed by the tech company’s Touch ID and Face ID technology. 

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West Gate Tunnel builders claim $359M from Aurecon for alleged design errors
Construction 2025-05-16 1:21 pm By Cindy Cameronne

West Gate Tunnel builders CPB Contractors and John Holland say engineer Aurecon Australasia should be on the hook for $359 million in damages for alleged design errors in Victoria’s West Tunnel project, a court has heard. 

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Dexus accused of breaching confidentiality in Melbourne, Launceston airport share sale
Transportation & Infrastructure 2025-05-16 11:19 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Dexus faces allegations it breached a shareholder deed in selling a stake in the privately-owned Asia Pacific Airport Corporation, which operates Melbourne and Launceston Airports.

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Privium liquidators get more time to pursue lawsuits over ‘questionable’ transactions
Construction 2025-05-16 11:18 pm By Sam Matthews

Liquidators of collapsed builder Privium have won extra time to pursue potential proceedings over a number of suspicious transactions, which include unexplained payments to companies associated with a director.

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Roberts Co Vic administrators can hold funds for Probuild subcontractors on trust: court
Construction 2025-05-16 11:49 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Administrators of construction company Roberts Co Victoria, which owes $272 million to 470 creditors, are justified in treating funds as if held on trust for subcontractors on six projects in Melbourne, a judge has found.

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