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ExxonMobil, Woodside approve final investment for Victorian natural gas project
ACCC 2025-03-18 11:42 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

ExxonMobil Australia and Woodside Energy have approved a final investment for a project to drill new wells offshore in Victoria’s Gippsland Basin.

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ASIC moves to wind up investment firm Falcon Capital
ASIC 2025-03-17 2:48 pm By Andy Sidler

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission will seek to wind up investment firm Falcon Capital after obtaining freezing orders over its assets. 

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ASIC asks Full Court to stamp out authorised rep ‘mischief’ in Qoin case
Cryptocurrency 2025-03-14 11:03 pm By Sam Matthews

The corporate regulator has asked the Full Court to stamp out avenues for corporate mischief, as it challenges a finding about the authorised representative exemption to the licence requirement of financial services providers.

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Unfair trade practices ban to cover small businesses
Policy and Regulation 2025-03-14 11:26 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

The Albanese government has pledged to extend unfair trading practice protections under the Australian Consumer Law to small businesses.

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Could second time be the charm for ASIC’s cyber enforcement?
Privacy & Cybersecurity 2025-03-13 12:29 pm By Sam Matthews

ASIC is having another go at cyber enforcement after its first case accusing a company of breaching the Corporations Act by failing to have adequate cybersecurity systems largely flopped.

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ACCC flags concerns with DP World’s acquisition of Silk Logistics
Corporate 2025-03-13 1:56 pm By Sam Matthews

The competition watchdog has raised concerns with stevedoring company DP World Australia’s proposed $174 million acquisition of logistics provider Silk, saying it may lead to higher prices.

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Ex-Star CEO thought GC was being ‘dramatic’ when raising Suncity concerns
Trials 2025-03-12 11:35 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The Star’s former CEO has told a court he thought a general counsel was “painting very dramatic pictures” when he voiced concerns about cash transactions in junket operator Suncity’s VIP room.

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Solicitor for ASIC may face grilling over privilege claim in ASX CHESS case
Securities 2025-03-12 1:52 pm By Cindy Cameronne

ASIC’s claim of legal privilege over a solicitor’s notes of an interview with a tech start-up boss involved in the ASX program to replace its CHESS system could be tested under cross-examination, a court has heard.

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ASIC sues AustralianSuper over alleged death benefit claim delays
Superannuation 2025-03-12 1:46 pm By Julia Kanapathippillai

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has taken Australia’s largest super fund to court over alleged delays in processing almost 7,000 death benefit claims, which the fund has blamed on COVID-19.

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Mirvac landscaper subject to ‘tirade of abuse’ after questioning spending, suit claims
Construction 2025-03-12 2:14 pm By Andy Sidler

A former Mirvac landscaper has sued the property developer alleging he was made redundant and copped a “tirade of abuse” after inquiring into overspending and reporting that lights could not be put on a Christmas tree due to safety concerns. 

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