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Uber files High Court challenge in $81M payroll tax dispute
Tax 2025-09-01 11:06 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Uber wants the High Court to weigh in on its dispute with the NSW State Revenue Office over five years of payroll tax, after an appeals court found payments made to drivers were taxable. 

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Class action probe targets Queensland over youth detention centres
Class Actions 2025-09-01 4:28 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Queensland is facing a class action investigation on behalf of detainees who were allegedly subjected to isolation, excessive force and other harmful conditions at five youth detention centres in the state. 

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Mirvac to partner with Mitsubishi Estate on $2B Harbourside project
Construction 2025-09-02 11:56 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Mirvac has entered into a joint venture with Japanese developer Mitsubishi Estate to deliver a mixed-use precinct in Sydney’s Darling Harbour, estimated to have an end value of over $2 billion. 

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Mastercard can’t shield in-house counsel’s communications in ACCC case
Financial Services 2025-09-01 11:03 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Mastercard has lost its claim for legal professional privilege over communications between its chief financial officer in Singapore and in-house counsel about merchant agreements the ACCC alleges were anti-competitive. 

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Liberal deputy Sam Groth launches privacy suit over Herald Sun articles
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2025-09-01 11:38 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

Victorian Liberal deputy leader Sam Groth and his wife, Brittany, have launched the first privacy suit of its kind over two Herald Sun articles that speculated about whether their relationship began when Brittany was underage.

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Judge predicts companies will try to block team-ups by class action firms
Class Actions 2025-08-29 11:54 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A Federal Court judge has predicted class action defendants will start arguing law firms cannot cooperate in running class actions, after a different judge hearing a case against Google recently remarked that such arrangements could be anti-competitive. 

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Class action expert concerned about ‘spike’ in contingency fees
Class Actions 2025-08-29 11:55 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A class actions expert has found there has been a spike in contingency fee rates in Victoria over the last two years, expressing concerns that the regime enacted in 2020 may be going in a different way than intended. 

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BlueScope loses appeal in ACCC’s attempted price-fixing case
Competition & Consumer Protection 2025-08-29 12:35 pm By Christine Caulfield

An appeals court has dismissed BlueScope Steel’s challenge to a decision finding it engaged in attempted price-fixing and was on the hook for a record $57.5 million penalty.

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Contingency fee of 33% justified in novel Sportsbet class action: judge
Class Actions 2025-08-29 11:56 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has approved a 33 per cent group costs order in a class action against Sportsbet, saying the relatively high rate was justified by the risks of running the “relatively novel case”, which seeks repayment of gambling losses stemming from allegedly unlawful services.

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Appeal fails in attempted bid-rigging case over National Gallery tender
Appeals 2025-08-29 1:46 pm By Christine Caulfield

Industrial technology company Delta Building Automation has lost its fight over a finding that it attempted to rig a bid for construction work on the National Gallery of Australia and must pay a $1.5 million penalty.

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