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A judge has ordered the NSW government to pay $93,000 in damages to the lead plaintiff in a class action over police strip searches at music festivals, finding a “conspicuous deficiency” in the training of officers.
Class action launched over ‘discriminatory’ Work for Dole program
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The Commonwealth has been hit with a class action on behalf of thousands of Indigenous people living in remote areas who took part in the “discriminatory and unjust” Work for the Dole program.
Singtel CEO says Optus Triple Zero outage caused by ‘people issue’
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Singtel CEO Yuen Kuan Moon has apologised for a 13-hour outage Triple Zero across three states that has been linked to the deaths of three people, blaming the outage on a “people issue”.
In High Court case, ASIC reminds justices litigants can’t ‘choose their judges’
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A judge did not need to recuse himself from deciding the penalty in ASIC’s case against Sunshine Loans because his earlier adverse credit findings — far from giving rise to bias concerns — were relevant to the task, the regulator has told the High Court.
Developer Villawood sues director over $240M Epping logistics estate
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A Melbourne developer has sued its director, alleging that he unlawfully issued himself shares in an industrial estate development in Epping using a “simulated” signature, a claim which the director denies.
Kanadevia Inova hit with another suit over East Rockingham waste-to-energy project
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Swiss greentech company Kanadevia Inova has been hit with another suit by the receivers over a contract for the $500 million East Rockingham waste-to-energy plant in Western Australia.
Lendlease fends off vote on control of $2.8B retail property fund
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For a third time, real estate investment manager Lendlease has avoided a vote on the future of its oversight of a $10 billion property fund, with a proposed meeting Wednesday of the fund’s retail investors reportedly adjourned for want of quorum.
Ashurst advises Snowy Hydro on first BESS offtake deal
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Ashurst-represented Snowy Hydro has reached a landmark 15-year virtual tolling agreement with Akaysha Energy for Victoria’s Elaine Battery Energy Storage System, the first battery toll pact for the energy company.
Developer appeals $158M asset freeze won by Keystone liquidators
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Developer Robert Filippini is appealing a ruling that granted the liquidators for Keystone Asset Management’s expanded freezing orders of up to $158 million in assets as well as two family trusts and four luxury cars.
Australian Clinical Labs agrees to $5.8M penalty over data breach
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In the first penalty to be handed down for breaches of the Privacy Act, pathology services provider Australian Clinical Labs has agreed to cop a $5.8 million fine over a 2022 data breach that compromised the personal information of 223,000 customers of its Medlab business.