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The High Court has unanimously rejected a constitutional challenge against the Victorian government over its COVID-19 lockdown measures.
Glencore largely prevails in ATO appeal over $92M tax fight
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Mining giant Glencore has mostly defeated an appeal by the Australian Taxation Office in their tax fight, and will only have to pay $2 million of a $92 million bill relating to the sale of copper from a mine in Cobar, NSW.
Former Toll chairman Ray Horsburgh sues over Financial Review article, reporter’s emails
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Former Toll Group chairman Ray Horsburgh has filed a defamation suit over an Australian Financial Review article that claimed he made a racist remark at a board meeting, and the case alleges emails a journalist sent seeking comment from the businessman were also defamatory.
Head of Chinese group charged under new foreign interference laws
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A 65-year-old Melbourne man has become the first person in Australia to be charged with a foreign interference offence since new national security legislation was passed in 2018.
Qantas engineers appeal COVID-19 stand down win for airline
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Aircraft engineers for Qantas are challenging a ruling that the airline had no “genuine choice” when it stood them down in March during the COVID-19 pandemic.
High Court dismisses Clive Palmer’s challenge to WA’s COVID-19 border restrictions
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Billionaire Clive Palmer has lost his challenge to Western Australia’s COVID-19 border lockdown, with the High Court tossing the case after finding the state’s measures were constitutionally valid.
Mylan fails in High Court bid to save patents for top seller Lipidil
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The High Court has declined to take up Mylan’s challenge to a Full Court ruling upholding the invalidity of three patents for its blockbuster cholesterol drug Lipidil.
Ex-Macquarie financial adviser charged with dishonesty offences
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A former Macquarie Bank financial adviser previously banned for life from providing financial services has been hit with criminal charges.
Sam Newman, AFL veteran sue photog over iconic Ludbey photo remarks
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Former Footy Show host John ‘Sam’ Newman and AFL veteran Donald Scott have filed a defamation suit against photographer Wayne Ludbey and several media companies over articles concerning comments they made about Ludbey’s historic 1993 photo of indigenous AFL footballer, Nicky Winmar, lifting his jersey and pointing to his chest.
Notice to all Slater & Gordon shareholders unnecessary, judge says as Pitcher Partners case scrapped
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Notice of the discontinuance of a class action on behalf of Slater & Gordon shareholders against Pitcher Partners need not be sent to all group members, a judge has ruled, acknowledging there would be “significant practical difficulties” with trying to reach everyone.