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Ex-MP Andrew Laming’s appeal over Facebook fine to be heard by High Court
Appeals 2024-12-06 4:44 pm By Christine Caulfield

The High Court will hear former Liberal MP Andrew Laming’s challenge to a $40,000 fine he copped for failing to disclose his authorship of three politically-motivated Facebook posts.

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High Court finds curfew, ankle bracelet regime for former detainees unlawful
Justice Stephen Gageler 2024-11-06 11:09 pm By Andy Sidler

The High Court has found that requiring stateless refugees to wear ankle bracelets and comply with curfews to prevent future offending is unconstitutional. 

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Ex-MP Andrew Laming tells High Court fine for Facebook posts ‘excessive’
High Court 2024-09-25 11:05 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Former Liberal MP Andrew Laming has gone to the High Court after being hit with a $40,000 fine for failing to disclose that he was behind three politically motivated Facebook posts.

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Former MP Andrew Laming’s penalty doubled for breaching electoral laws with Facebook posts
Politics 2024-08-23 11:58 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Former Liberal MP Andrew Laming has been hit with a $40,000 fine for failing to disclose that he was behind three politically motivated Facebook posts in 2018 and 2019.

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High Court finds Victoria’s electric car tax invalid
High Court 2023-10-18 12:54 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The High Court has struck down a Victorian tax on electric cars, finding the state usurped powers held only by the federal government.

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Architecture firm to pay $975,000 for attempting to rig bids on $250M university project
Competition & Consumer Protection 2023-04-13 1:52 pm By Sam Matthews

Award-wining architecture firm Ashton Raggatt McDougall and its former boss have agreed to pay a combined $975,000 in penalties for attempting to rig bids on a $250 million building project at Charles Darwin University.

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Unions win High Court challenge to NSW campaign spending limits
High Court 2023-02-15 10:23 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The High Court has thrown out laws that banned unions and other third parties from spending more than $20,000 on political campaigns ahead of a New South Wales state election in March.

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Ex-BlueScope exec pleads guilty to obstructing cartel investigation
Competition & Consumer Protection 2020-09-01 2:12 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A former executive of BlueScope Steel has pleaded guilty to obstructing an Australian Competition and Consumer Commission price fixing investigation, in the first criminal charges ever brought against an individual in relation to an ACCC probe.

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ACCC can submit evidence from BlueScope criminal investigation in civil case
Competition & Consumer Protection 2020-05-15 11:25 pm By Alison Eveleigh

The ACCC has been given the green light to use witness statements prepared during its criminal cartel investigation of BlueScope Steel in the civil penalty proceedings launched by the regulator, but a fight with the steel giant over the admissibility of the evidence still looms.

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ACCC can expand cartel case against BlueScope
Competition & Consumer Protection 2020-05-12 11:20 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has won court approval to bring new claims against BlueScope Steel for allegedly seeking to induce competitor OneSteel to engage in cartel conduct.

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