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OAIC confirms health data breaches
Healthcare 2018-04-24 12:35 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner has confirmed a news report that it received a notice of a health data breach every other day after its mandatory data breach scheme took effect.

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Facebook rejects calls for regulation amid ACCC probe
Competition & Consumer Protection 2018-04-24 12:03 am By Cat Fredenburgh

Facebook has struck back at calls for regulation of digital platforms that distribute news content, saying consumers stand to lose from regulatory meddling.

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Union can’t stall case over picketing at robo-terminal
Employment 2018-04-23 10:40 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A judge has shot down a union bid to stall a lawsuit over picketing at the new ‘robo’ terminal in Port Melbourne pending the outcome of an appeal challenging the merger of the CFMEU with two other unions.

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ACCC delays announcement on WestConnex deal
Competition & Consumer Protection 2018-04-23 10:38 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has delayed its decision on the proposed $2 billion acquisition of Sydney’s WestConnex toll road by the Sydney Transport Partners Consortium after requesting more information on the deal.

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Passenger sues Qantas over exploding headphones
Competition & Consumer Protection 2018-04-23 10:19 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A seventy-eight-year-old man has taken Qantas to court over injuries allegedly suffered when headphones provided by the airline for in-flight entertainment exploded during a flight.

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ACCC to look at Uber Eats contracts
Competition & Consumer Protection 2018-04-23 9:39 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The head of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission said the regulator will scrutinise Uber Eats’ contracts with the restaurants that provide the food for its delivery service, in the wake of complaints from restaurants that the delivery service imposes unfair contract terms.

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Rio Tinto subsidiary appeals after IP Australia rejects mining patent
Intellectual Property 2018-04-23 6:51 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Rio Tinto subsidiary Technological Resources Pty Ltd is appealing a decision by IP Australia to refuse a patent application for a method of separating mined material that was deemed a “purely logistical process”.

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Nationwide can’t file claim against Sydney Theatre Co. in Rush defamation case
Media 2018-04-20 10:40 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A judge has rejected an attempt by Nationwide News to drag the Sydney Theatre Company into a defamation case brought by actor Geoffrey Rush, calling its argument for filing a cross-claim against the theatre company “very weak, if not tenuous”.

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Judge halts Kraft-Bega arbitration in US while Aussie case proceeds
Intellectual Property 2018-04-20 10:12 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A judge has granted Bega’s request to halt US arbitration proceedings between the Australian food maker and Kraft over peanut butter trade dress rights until a related case in Federal Court is resolved.

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Malaysia Airlines settles 2 cases over crash
Product Liability 2018-04-20 7:49 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Malaysia Airlines has reached agreements to end two cases in Australia brought by families of people who died when a Malaysia Airlines plane was shot down by a missile over Ukraine in 2014.

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