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Debt management firm to face trial after negotiations with ASIC ‘derail’
Debt management firm Solve My Debt Now will face trial over claims by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission that it left vulnerable customers worse off, despite indicating last year it would admit liability.
Regulator hikes up ANZ capital requirements to $1B amid risk concerns
APRA has increased ANZ's capital add-on requirement by $250 million to account for operational risks, after a report highlighted “persistent and prevalent” problems at the bank. 
ACCC loses High Court appeal in CFMEU boycott case
In a loss for the ACCC, the High Court has found builder J Hutchinson did not arrive at an anti-competitive understanding with the CFMEU merely by yielding to a threat of industrial action.
Court tosses Clive Palmer’s suits against ex-ASIC chair James Shipton
A judge has thrown out Clive Palmer's lawsuits against former Australian Securities and Investments Commission chair James Shipton after finding the claims had no reasonable prospects of success.
ASIC, Reserve Bank have ‘deep concerns’ about ASX after CHESS outage
ASX's management of operational risk that led to December's CHESS settlement outage has the corporate regulator and the Reserve Bank "increasingly concerned" and "deeply disappointed".
Super funds slammed for ‘unacceptable’ handling of death benefit claims
The corporate regulator has caned the super fund industry for its poor handling of death benefit claims it said had "devastating impacts" on members' grieving relatives.
Albanese government to ban supermarket price-gouging
The Albanese government has vowed to ban price-gouging by supermarkets if reelected, despite the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission's supermarkets inquiry finding no evidence of excessive pricing.
AUSTRAC wants intel in Entain case kept out of criminal hands
AUSTRAC has sought to suppress parts of its case against the operator of online gambling sites Ladbrokes and Neds, arguing the information should not get into the hands of criminals. 
Cooling-off orders in Sydney rail dispute not irrational: court
The Federal Court has dismissed an appeal by a union representing rail electricians of cooling-off orders made by the Fair Work Commission amid an ongoing dispute with Sydney Trains.
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FWO urged to conduct national investigation into construction industry
The workplace regulator should start a national probe into sexual harassment and the treatment of young workers in the construction industry, according to a forum convened by the employment minister.