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The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has announced it’s taking action against two ASX-listed companies, Ventia and Spotless.

Police in Victoria are suing for what they claim is money owing for work at the beginning and end of each shift.

The EDO was forced to pay the penalty after the judge considered it an active participant in an environmental campaign.

Jo Tarnawsky has lodged a case against the deputy PM, the federal government, and the prime minister’s chief of staff.

A court has found One Nation leader Senator Pauline Hanson racially discriminated against another senator and has ordered her to delete the offending post.

The national carrier will need to pay penalties for the COVID-era decision to stand down 1,700 workers.

X Corp has lost its court battle to avoid paying a fine, plus penalties, for failing to respond to a notice issued by Australia’s eSafety Commissioner.

Jayson Gillham claims he was ‘silenced for speaking the truth’ over events in Gaza and alleges the Melbourne Symphony cancelled his concert to silence him.

Mark Latham has been ordered to pay $140,000 in damages over a Twitter post he sent in March 2023.

Rules allowing lawyers to offer ‘no win, no fee’ terms, and those regulating litigation funders, need an overhaul, the Samuel Griffith Society says.

The lawyer for 3A Composites said Australian law mandates qualified professionals to assess the fire safety compliance of newly constructed buildings.

She will consolidate eSafety office’s actions against Elon Musk’s X Corp over its refusal to take down footage of a stabbing in a Sydney church.

The judge found that trying to continue to ban the spread of a video on X globally would have been overreach by local authorities.

Australia’s internet regulator ordered X to remove a post critical of the WHO appointing a trans-activist to an expert panel.

The case centres on a tweet sent by the One Nation leader telling another senator to ‘pack [her] bags and piss off back to Pakistan.’

The Federal Court has refused to issue an injunction preventing the Information Commissioner from investigating a 2022 data breach at the private insurer.

Australian property listings were advertised in USD leading up to 70,000 customers to unknowingly book stays at an inflated price.