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ME Bank faces criminal charges after ASIC investigation
Members Equity Bank has been hit with criminal charges for allegedly making false or misleading representations and violating the National Credit Code.
Court bars ex-Liberty Financial exec from jumping ship to competitor
A judge has issued a temporary injunction barring a former manager from non-bank lender Liberty Financial from moving over to a unit of the Wingate Group, after hearing the company was "start-up facsimile" of Liberty which aimed to become a competitor in the future.
Mosaic Brands hit with $630,000 penalty for misleading claims about hand sanitiser, masks
Mosaic Brands has paid $630,000 in penalties after being hit with infringement notices by the ACCC for misleading claims made about hand sanitiser and masks sold on its websites at the height of COVID-19 pandemic last year.
Government owes duty of care to protect children from climate change, court rules
The federal Minister for the Environment owes a duty of care to children who could suffer "catastrophic" harms from increased greenhouse gas emissions that would result from approving the expansion of Whitehaven's Vickery coal mine, a judge has ruled.
Scott Morrison should apologise to Christine Holgate for ‘improper threat’, report says
Prime Minister Scott Morrison should apologise to former Australia Post CEO Christine Holgate for leveling an "improper threat" during a Senate hearing last year that she should "stand aside or go" for purchasing $5,000 Cartier watches as bonuses for four employees.
‘Very bad idea’: Barrister warned Chrysanthou about fallout if she took Porter brief
A junior barrister expressed concerns to Sue Chrysanthou SC about her acting for Christian Porter in his defamation proceedings against the ABC, saying friends of the women who accused him of rape were “behaving like a cult” and that there could be fallout in the media, a court has heard.
Ben Roberts-Smith wins bid to split his case in upcoming defamation trial
Ben Roberts-Smith has won approval to split his case at the upcoming trial in his defamation case against three publishers over articles accusing him of war crimes, with a judge saying the seriousness of the allegations against him weighed in favour of the unorthodox move.
‘It is an expensive business’: Christian Porter says defamation suit will be ‘massive’ financial drain
Former attorney-general Christian Porter has dodged a question about whether his defamation lawsuit against the ABC and reporter Louise Milligan is being funded by third parties, saying he went into the litigation knowing the case would be a "massive drain" on his finances.
In victory for Glencore, High Court won’t weigh in on landmark transfer pricing ruling
The High Court has denied the ATO's request that it weigh in on Australia's transfer pricing regime, leaving in place a Full Court victory for mining giant Glencore that left it paying $2 million of a $92 million bill relating to the sale of copper from a mine in Cobar, NSW.
Arnott’s, Goodman Fielder lay down swords in ‘Plantry’ trade mark battle
Arnott's and Campbells have settled a lawsuit brought by Goodman Fielder accusing them of infringing its 'Plantry' mark under which it sells plant-based frozen meals, after the cookie company filed a cross-claim seeking to have the mark cancelled.