Telstra is partially liable for a $2.6 million telecommunications bungle that âcaused several catastrophic crashesâ and slashed the calling capacity of a Melbourne-based telemarketing business by more than 60 per cent.
A new draft bill aimed at deterring social media trolls is unlikely to be as effective as incoming state-driven alternatives, the Law Council of Australia said in its submission to the federal government on Monday.
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia has been hit with a $45 million lawsuit by the Finance Sector Union for allegedly failing to provide thousands of employees with paid rest breaks for at least six years.
The Australian Federal Police is cracking down on COVID-19 rapid antigen test price gouging, deploying a zero-tolerance strike team to investigate âoutrageousâ markups referred by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.
The battle of the bunnies has begun as London-based soft toy designer Jellycat sues Kmart for stocking an alleged knockoff of its eminently popular âBashful Bunnyâ plush toy.
Insurers have triumphed in a lawsuit over coverage for the $3.2 million cancellation of the Big Red Bash outback music festival during the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic, with a judge finding a communicable disease exclusion in the organiser’s event cancellation policy was engaged.
Japanese oil and gas producer INPEX and contractor JKC Australia have settled all claims between them relating to the construction of the $45 billion of Ichthys LNG project.
Telstra is liable for the âsickeningâ conduct of a former employee who accessed confidential contact information to launch a four-year campaign of sexual harassment against his next-door neighbours, a new lawsuit alleges.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is working with the Australian Federal Police to combat price gouging over the sale of COVID-19 rapid antigen tests.
Legislation being advanced by the Morrison government that would allow religious statements of belief to override laws that bar discrimination âwaters down long-standing and hard-fought protectionsâ and clashes with international human rights law, the country’s peak legal body has said.