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A court has declined a developer’s appeal of a Sunshine Coast council’s rejection of plans to build a BP service station as well as a McDonald’s and KFC at vacant land in Maroochydore.
Aspen Group buys remaining stages of Wallaroo Shores planned community
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Housing developer Aspen Group has paid $14.1 million to acquire the remaining stages of the Wallaroo Shores master planned community in South Australia.
Optus fined $100M for ‘appalling’ sales tactics
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A judge has ordered embattled Optus to pay a $100 million penalty for “appalling” contraventions, after the telco admitted staff pressured customers into buying phones they couldn’t afford.
Seven Network faces underpayments class action investigation
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Media giant Seven Network is facing a class action investigation into possible underpayments, including the alleged failure to pay rest breaks and overtime.
Optus appoints Kerry Schott to investigate Triple Zero failure
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Optus has appointed former Sydney Water CEO and NBN Co director Kerry Schott to investigate a 13-hour Triple Zero outage linked to three deaths.
ABC hit with $150K penalty for Antoinette Lattouf’s unfair dismissal
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A judge has ordered the Australian Broadcasting Corporation to pay $150,000 for unfairly dismissing presenter Antoinette Lattouf because of her opposition to the Israeli military campaign in Gaza.
Super Retail Group settles whistleblowers’ bullying cases
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Rebel Sport owner Super Retail Group has reached a settlement in a lawsuit by two former employees, just days after the retailer sacked its CEO.
Fanatics takes trade mark spat with AFL merch maker to High Court
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Sports merchandise company Fanatics is going another round in its trade mark fight with AFL apparel maker FanFirm, urging the High Court to give guidance on the defence of honest concurrent use.
Uber found to owe lost pay to deactivated driver
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In a landmark decision, the Full Bench of the Fair Work Commission has awarded lost pay to an Uber driver who was unfairly deactivated from the ridesharing app for two months following a false complaint by passengers who assaulted him.
FWO accuses CFMEU officials of threatening Indigenous labour hire firm
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The FWO has taken the CFMEU and two officials to court for allegedly threatening to ban an Indigenous work hire company from working on Melbourne construction projects and making unlawful representations about CPB Contractors’ $761 million contract for the Monash Freeway upgrade.