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Australia Post to pay $2.9M compensation for lost or damaged parcels
Australia Post has agreed to compensate business for lost or damaged parcels after admitting it likely engaged in misleading or deceptive conduct when it refused claims for compensation.
ANZ hit with $900,000 penalty for share placement disclosure failures
ANZ's failure to disclose a bailout by banks underwriting a $2.5 billion share placement has resulted in a penalty of less than $1 million, ending an eight-year saga that included an aborted criminal trial.
Mercer Super agrees to pay $11.3M penalty in ASIC’s first greenwashing case
Mercer Superannuation has agreed to pay $11.3 million in a case the regulator said was “the first and we hope the last” greenwashing case of its kind. 
ACMA fines Telstra $3M for $21M billing error
Telstra has been hit with a $3 million penalty by the communications regulator for billing small businesses $21.1 million over an 11-year period for inactive internet services.
‘We don’t know’ not a reason to block $4.9B Suncorp merger, ANZ says
ANZ has criticised the ACCC’s objection to its planned $4.9 billion merger with Suncorp, arguing before a tribunal that the alleged "uncertain" effects on competition in banking was not a sufficient reason to block the deal.
Qantas stands by defence in ghost flights case
Qantas has hit back the ACCC's argument that the airline failed to respond to key allegations in its 'ghost flights' case, telling the court it's the regulator's job to particularise its claims.
PepsiCo loses dispute with ATO over royalty withholding tax
In a victory for the ATO, a judge has found that payments made by Schweppes to PepsiCo as part of a bottling and distribution agreement, which did not expressly provide for payment of a royalty for use of the company's IP, were royalties and should be taxed accordingly.
ACCC wins record $15M penalty for resale price maintenance
Power tool maker Techtronic has been ordered to pay a record $15 million penalty after admitting it told resellers to set a minimum price for Milwaukee branded products, for which it is a wholesale supplier.
Noumi in talks with ASIC on penalty for continuous disclosure breaches
Food manufacturer Noumi is trying to reach agreement with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission on a penalty to propose to the court for violating its continuous disclosure obligations by overstating the value of inventory.
ACCC clears Coles’ acquisition of Saputo milk processing plants
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission will not oppose Coles' plans to acquire two milk processing plants from Saputo, saying the $105 million deal is not likely to substantially lessen competition.