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Optus pressured customers to buy phones they couldn’t afford, ACCC says
Competition & Consumer Protection 2024-10-31 11:37 pm By Andy Sidler

The consumer regulator has launched court action against Optus, alleging sales staff put undue pressure on customers to buy phones they couldn’t afford.

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Brookfield wins conditional approval for $10B Neoen play
ACCC 2024-10-31 11:59 pm By Andy Sidler

The ACCC will clear asset manager Brookfield’s $10 billion acquisition of French renewables giant Neoen on the condition that it shed Neoen’s Victorian assets and projects.

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Queensland police officers file class action over COVID-19 vaccine direction
COVID-19 2024-10-30 11:24 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The Queensland government is facing a class action by police officers and staff who faced disciplinary action for refusing to get the COVID-19 vaccine or were vaccinated under protest following a court decision. The class action, funded by billionaire Clive Palmer and run by Alexander Law, was filed in the Supreme Court of Queensland last…

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Judge balks at $10M registration bill in stolen wages class action
Class Actions 2024-10-29 11:56 pm By Sam Matthews

The judge overseeing a $180.4 million settlement in a stolen wages class action has railed against Shine Lawyers’ $10 million bill for the costs of registration, saying “something has gone seriously wrong”.

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Homes Victoria says recording reasons for tower demolition plan ‘superfluous’
Human Rights 2024-10-28 11:26 pm By Andy Sidler

Homes Victoria says the decision to demolish public housing towers in Melbourne — now the subject of a class action — took residents’ human rights into account, but has no documents to show it.

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Clive Palmer’s nephew tells High Court he’s beyond reach of contempt
Appeals 2024-10-28 10:52 am By Andy Sidler

Clive Palmer’s nephew has applied to the High Court for review of a decision rejecting his bid to dodge contempt proceedings, arguing he did not submit to the court’s jurisdiction.

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Funder pulls out of WestConnex class action
Transportation & Infrastructure 2024-10-25 1:34 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The funder bankrolling a class action by residents allegedly displaced by the construction of the $16.8 billion WestConnex tunnel has abandoned the case.

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Trucking company facing class action over fatal train crash
Class Actions 2024-10-24 11:38 pm By Sam Matthews

A Queensland trucking company is facing a class action by owners of $2.4 million in cargo aboard a freight train that was derailed in a fatal collision with a truck on New Year’s Eve.

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Flex commissions class action judge says expert evidence not for his ‘comfort’
Class Actions 2024-10-24 11:30 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Expert evidence is not meant to “provide a judge with comfort”, a judge has found in rejecting evidence from two experts in flex commissions class actions against Westpac and Macquarie.

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‘Tireless’ prosecutor welcomed to Supreme Court bench
Courts 2024-10-24 11:27 pm By Sam Matthews

A former top prosecutor who oversaw the case against George Pell has been hailed for her “thoughtfulness and kindness” as she joins the bench of the Victorian Supreme Court. 

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