Settlement

A judge has been asked to approve a revised $18.1 million settlement in an underpayments class action against Sydney Trains, reached after the registration of 260 new group members pushed the settlement above the agreed cap.

A settlement has been reached in a dispute over more than $100 million in shares in AI data centre start-up Firmus Grid ahead of an expected $7 billion IPO, just days before the company's founders were due to give evidence in court.

A judge has approved a $550 million settlement in a class action over the Morrison government’s Robodebt scheme but has halved a funder’s payout to $35 million, despite arguments that it was unprecedented to award a single digit percentage commission. 

Charles Darwin University has agreed to backpay over $4 million to over 800 casual employees as part of an enforceable undertaking with the Fair Work Ombudsman, the latest Australian university to admit to underpaying staff.

The funder that backed a class action over the Morrison government’s Robodebt scheme, which settled for a record $548.5 million, is seeking a $71 million commission, but a contradictor has told the court a $23 million cut will suffice.

SkyCity has agreed to pay a $21 million fine in an agreement with the South Australian gambling authority following an inquiry by former Supreme Court Justice Brian Martin which found historical compliance and governance failures.

RSPCA Queensland has entered into an enforceable undertaking with the Fair Work Ombudsman after underpaying 1,008 staff approximately $4.3 million between February 2017 and September 2023.

HSBC has agreed to pay a $35 million penalty in ASIC proceedings after it admitted to serious failures in protecting customers from scams, but a judge is questioning whether the penalty is high enough. 

ARN Media has reached a $12 million settlement with radio personality Kyle Sandilands, who sued the network over its decision to scrap his 10-year $100 million contract following an on-air fight with co-host Jackie 'O' Henderson.

Passengers in a lawsuit against Qatar Airways over a 2020 strip search at Doha International Airport have reached a settlement with the airline and airport operator MATAR.