In the first-ever civil penalty proceedings for breaches of the Privacy Act, pathology services provider Australian Clinical Labs has been ordered to pay $5.8 million over a 2022 data breach that compromised the sensitive personal information of 223,000 customers of its Medlab business.
A judge has ordered federal prosecutors to drop a criminal tax fraud case against a medical researcher, finding an ATO officer lied and tampered with evidence during the probe.
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has approved Cboe’s application to list companies on its platform, in direct competition with market operators, including the Australian Securities Exchange.
A Victorian man has pleaded guilty and been sentenced for trading on insider information ahead of the public announcement of a $20 million share placement for medical cannabis company Cann Group.
A recent review by ASIC found 15 auditors of different sizes failed to demonstrate compliance with independence and conflict of interest obligations.
Telstra has been ordered to pay $18 million in ACCC proceedings, after a court found the telco misled thousands of broadband customers about the speed of its budget internet provider Belong.
Looking to continue its hot streak of successful anti-greenwashing cases, the corporate regulator has taken Fiducian Investment Management to court over allegedly misleading representations about its ESG fund.
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has accepted court-enforceable undertakings from Hall Chadwick NSW and three of its auditors after finding the firm’s systems failed to detect breaches of auditor rotation requirements.
Super fund Cbus has made admissions in the corporate regulator’s case over long delays in the processing of $20 million in death and disability claims, with the action to progress directly to penalty.
Warning of the propensity for major events procurement to attract cartel conduct, the competition regulator is encouraging the Queensland government to share data on bids for Brisbane Olympics projects.