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Dominique Grubisa asks High Court to clarify accessorial liability
High Court 2025-01-23 4:06 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

Wealth guru Dominque Grubisa wants the High Court to overturn a finding that she had actual knowledge her company’s statements were misleading, saying the case raises unresolved questions about accessorial liability.

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Gov’t throws Rex a lifeline with $50M debt acquisition
Aviation 2025-01-23 1:19 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai Sydney

The federal government will take on $50 million of Rex Airlines’ debt to keep the troubled regional carrier flying.

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KFC franchisee forced breastfeeding manager to express milk in tent
Employment 2025-01-23 3:45 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

The largest KFC franchisee in Australia has been ordered to pay damages to a former breastfeeding manager after a tribunal found she had to express milk under a tent in a doorless storeroom.

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Defunct landbanking scheme Aviation 3030 recovers $1.7M duty from director
Restructuring & Insolvency 2025-01-28 9:45 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The liquidators for landbanking company Aviation 3030 can recover half of a $3.4 million landholder duty from a former director, after a judge found they reaped benefits from indirect ownership in land sold for $135 million in 2018. 

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Mineralogy can’t get more discovery from CITIC in $12B Pilbara mine feud
Appeals 2025-01-23 4:27 pm By Cindy Cameronne Sydney

Mineralogy has lost its bid for expanded discovery from CITIC in a case seeking to compel the Clive Palmer-owned tenement owner to file expansion proposals allegedly needed to maintain production at a Pilbara iron mine.

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Herbert Smith Freehills commodities partner joins HFW
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-01-23 11:20 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai Sydney

Law firm HFW has welcomed former Herbert Smith Freehills energy M&A partner Graeme Gamble to its Perth office.

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Class actions pile up against 3M
Class Actions 2025-01-22 3:24 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

3M is now facing two class actions in Victoria, after being hit with a case on behalf of ADF members who claim they suffered hearing loss from using defective combat earplugs.

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Bakers Delight challenges reverse onus finding in Fair Work case
Employment 2025-01-22 5:24 pm By Sam Matthews Melbourne

Bakers Delight has filed a challenge to a finding that it was subject to a statutory reverse onus aimed at employers, in a Fair Work Ombudsman underpayments case against a franchisee.

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Appeals court won’t revive defamation claims against AFP commander
Defamation 2025-01-22 11:11 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai Sydney

A Melbourne couple whose defamation claims against an AFP commander were thrown out by a jury has had their appeal rejected.

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Law Council backs targets to close workplace gender gap
Employment 2025-01-22 11:55 pm By Andy Sidler Melbourne

Australia’s peak legal body has come out in support of the Albanese government’s gender equality targets bill, but called for guidance on what is a “reasonable excuse” for non-compliance.

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