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7-Eleven class action members challenge settlement payout
Class Actions 2025-12-10 5:08 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Four group members in a franchisee class action against 7-Eleven that settled for $98 million in 2022 are seeking court review of the amounts they were awarded under the settlement scheme.

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United Petroleum in fight with VicRoads over contamination at Westgate Freeway servos
Energy & Natural Resources 2025-12-11 11:58 pm By Andy Sidler

United Petroleum is locked in a dispute with VicRoads over the agency’s management of contamination at two service stations leased by UP along the Westgate Freeway. 

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Burwood apartment developer can retain deposit after email repudiation by buyer
Construction 2025-12-11 11:16 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

The developer of an apartment complex in Melbourne’s east can retain a $883,000 deposit from convicted fraudster Demetrios ‘James’ Charisiou’s real estate investment firm, which was found to have repudiated a contract over email.

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Morisson’s UTA takes full stake in Sydney Desalination Plant
Transportation & Infrastructure 2025-12-11 11:53 pm By Christine Caulfield

Advised by Johnson Winter Slattery, Morrison-managed investment fund Utilities Trust of Australia has bought out a Canadian pension fund for full ownership of the Sydney Desalination Plant.

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Mayne says Cosette did not validly terminate merger
Healthcare 2025-12-10 4:04 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Setting up another potential legal fight, Mayne Pharma has said US drug maker Cosette did not validly terminate their $672 million merger agreement, which failed to receive FIRB approval.

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Melbourne Rebels directors grilled on ‘startling’ inability to explain tax case
Tax 2025-12-10 4:43 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has called out the directors of failed Super Rugby club Melbourne Rebels for their “startling” inability to explain their case against the club’s administrators and the tax office.

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ATO scolded for ‘tax now, ask questions later’ pursuit of Kupang director’s debt
Tax 2025-12-09 11:56 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has found the ATO knowingly received millions misappropriated by a former Kupang Resources director in order to satisfy a tax debt against him, with a judge skewering the tax office for instituting a “policy of wilful blindness” in pursuit of the debt.

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Commonwealth Bank pays record penalty over consumer data sharing failures
Financial Services 2025-12-09 11:37 pm By Andy Sidler

The Commonwealth Bank has paid $792,000 in penalties after the consumer watchdog found it had failed to enable data sharing for certain business customers. 

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Judge rejects notice that KFC class action said would ‘blow up’ settlement talks
Class Actions 2025-12-09 4:33 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has refused a bid by several KFC franchise owners to send a notice encouraging group members register for an underpayments class action prior to mediation, which the applicant argued would “blow up” settlement talks. 

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JLL manager admitted harassment ‘morally unacceptable’, defence says
Employment 2025-12-09 11:13 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Commercial real estate group JLL has hit back at a case by a former CEO who says he was sacked over his handling of a harassment complaint against a manager, arguing the manager admitted his behaviour was “completely unacceptable”.

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