Macquarie’s fight with a NSW credit union — which saw the bank’s ‘Macbank’ trade mark cancelled because, a delegate found, it had only been used colloquially — has landed in the Federal Court.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has cleared Vocus’ proposal to acquire parts of TPG Telecom’s business for $5.25 billion, finding the combined entity would face strong competition from other telecoms.
The Australian Information Commissioner has found 16 government agencies have approved the use of messaging apps like Signal, Telegram and WhatsApp for government business.
On questioning by a judge, Star’s former top lawyer has denied making a mistake by failing to tell the board about issues with junket Suncity in May 2018, but said her view was different now with hindsight.
The trustee for Active Super has been ordered to pay a $10.5 million penalty for misleading members about its investments in gambling, oil tar sands and Russian companies.
During trial on Monday, ASIC also accused Star’s former top lawyer of giving false evidence about alleged cash for chip transactions in junket operator Suncity’s VIP room.
ExxonMobil Australia and Woodside Energy have approved a final investment for a project to drill new wells offshore in Victoria’s Gippsland Basin.
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission will seek to wind up investment firm Falcon Capital after obtaining freezing orders over its assets.
The corporate regulator has asked the Full Court to stamp out avenues for corporate mischief, as it challenges a finding about the authorised representative exemption to the licence requirement of financial services providers.
The Albanese government has pledged to extend unfair trading practice protections under the Australian Consumer Law to small businesses.