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Victoria’s gambling regulator has hit Crown Resorts with a record $80 million penalty over its China Union Pay scheme, which allowed wealthy Chinese patrons to illegally access nearly $164 million in funds.
Kupang Resources can’t get tax docs in fight to recoup funds from director Phillip Grimaldi
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An appeals court has set aside a notice issued to the tax office to produce documents to Kupang Resources as the mining company seeks to claw back millions of dollars allegedly siphoned off by former shadow director Phillip Grimaldi.
Ex-Sydney Symphony CEO damaged own reputation with ‘hit job’ media release, court told
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The Sydney Symphony argues its former CEO can’t claim she was dismissed for investigating claims of sexual harassment by the orchestra’s musicians after previously telling the media she was the victim of a politically motivated “hit job” for seeking funding from the NSW government.
Funder sells interest in combustible cladding class actions for $20M
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The litigation funder backing two combustible cladding class actions has sold a third of its investment in the cases to a player in the nascent secondary market for class action financing.
ACCC swipes at Mastercard for alleged interchange rate agreement with retailers
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The ACCC has taken Mastercard to court for allegedly misusing its market power by giving major retailers discounted interchange rates in exchange for them agreeing to process their debit card transactions through Mastercard instead of the cheaper eftpos network.
ANZ wrongly slapped customers with cash advance fees, ASIC claims
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The Australia and New Zealand Banking Group hit hundreds of thousands of customers with cash advance fees after providing them with incorrect account balances, and the Big Four bank has still not rectified the problem, ASIC alleges in new civil penalty proceedings.
‘Welfare dependency’ relevant in age pension class action, court told
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Fighting a class action that claims the age pension discriminates against Indigenous Australians because of differences in life expectancy, the Commonwealth says the rate of welfare dependency among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders could impact the case.
Ben Roberts-Smith to call last-minute witness over alleged Easter Sunday killing
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Alleged war criminal Ben Roberts-Smith has won a bid to call a troop commander known as Person 81 in his defamation trial against Fairfax Media, despite the media company’s objections.
First Indigenous judge appointed to Australian supreme court
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Silk Lincoln Crowley has been appointed by the Queensland premier as the first Indigenous judge of an Australian supreme court.
Crown out of luck in $100M battle with ATO as High Court refuses leave
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The High Court has dismissed Crown Resorts’ bid for special leave to appeal in a $100 million dispute over GST assessments on commissions and rebates paid to tour operators that directed international VIP gamblers to two of its casinos.