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Real estate ‘mogul’ Sasha Hopkins to cop $1.25M penalty in ASIC case
ASIC 2024-09-13 11:45 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Self-described property ‘mogul’ Sasha Hopkins has agreed to pay a $1.25 million fine and face a four-year disqualification in proceedings by the corporate regulator.

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ASIC takes property investment spruiker Sasha Hopkins to court
ASIC 2023-07-26 2:45 pm By Gareth Baker

ASIC is calling for disqualification orders and penalties against property guru Sasha Hopkins, alleging he hawked real estate investment opportunities on social media that raised over $32 million without a licence. 

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Unvaxxed stevedores not owed damages even if sackings had been unfair: FWC
COVID-19 2022-07-14 4:26 pm By Sam Matthews

The Fair Work Commission has found that unvaccinated stevedores were not unfairly terminated by their employer Patrick Stevedores — and even if they were no damages were owing. 

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Judge weighs exemption from Victoria’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for 134 workers
COVID-19 2021-11-03 8:43 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A group of 134 workers in healthcare, education and construction have argued a judge should grant them a temporary exemption from Victoria’s direction mandating essential employees be vaccinated against COVID-19 to work outside their homes.

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‘Urgent action had to be taken’: Court tosses challenge to Victoria’s COVID-19 curfew
COVID-19 2020-11-02 2:18 pm By Miklos Bolza

The Victoria Supreme Court has dismissed a lawsuit by restaurant owner and Liberal member Michelle Loielo challenging the validity of the Victoria government’s now dropped COVID-19 curfew, with a judge finding that the measure was legal and “proportionate to the purpose of protecting public health”.

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Judge dismisses Victorian government’s bid to split curfew case
COVID-19 2020-10-01 2:58 pm By Miklos Bolza

The judge overseeing a challenge to Victoria’s recently lifted COVID-19 curfew has dismissed the state’s government bid to have the court split the hearing and first determine whether restaurant owner Michelle Loielo had standing to bring the case.

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Liberal member has no standing to bring anti-curfew suit, court hears
COVID-19 2020-09-30 6:37 pm By Miklos Bolza

The health official behind Victoria’s now repealed curfew is seeking to dismiss a lawsuit brought against her challenging the directive on human rights grounds, claiming that the declarations sought would have “no foreseeable consequences” on the Liberal Party member who filed the case.

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Court challenge still on despite Victoria’s decision to lift curfew
COVID-19 2020-09-28 8:03 pm By Miklos Bolza

A case by restaurant owner and Liberal Party member Michelle Loielo challenging Victoria’s COVID-19 curfew is continuing despite an announcement by the Andrews government scrapping the curfew on Sunday night.

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Health official behind Vic curfew accused of being ‘coached’ by government
COVID-19 2020-09-25 5:08 pm By Miklos Bolza

The public health official responsible for Victoria’s controversial curfew has had her credibility attacked in court, with a judge hearing suggestions that she may have been “coached and assisted” by the state government.

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Court orders Victoria to produce legal advice to Liberal member suing over curfew
COVID-19 2020-09-24 6:35 pm By Christine Caulfield

A judge has ordered the Victorian government to hand over legal documents it weighed before implementing its COVID-19 curfew, in a suit brought by a Liberal Party member that says the curfew was unlawful.

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