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The Prime Minister has appointed former High Court Justice Virginia Bell to lead a royal commission into antisemitism in the wake of the Bondi terrorist attack, in which 15 were killed during Hanukkah celebrations. 

A bid by the Victorian Liberal Party to summarily toss a challenge to a $1.5 million advance made to former leader John Pesutto for defence costs in a defamation suit has failed, with a court finding there is a case to be tried about the validity of the loan.

Class action settlements hit major milestones last year, with the year’s largest settlements totalling $1.6 billion and one case resolving for a historic $548.5 million.

Monadelphous Group has won a $110 million contract with offshore engineer BW Opal to provide maintenance services at a facility off the coast of Darwin.

Reforms to Australia's merger review regime kicked in on 1 January, but late-breaking amendments to the new laws mean changes to notification thresholds and further exemptions.

Fresh off being sued by ASIC for investing $300 million into Falcon Capital’s failed First Guardian Master Fund, super trustee Diversa has been hit with additional licence conditions by the prudential regulator.

Lawyerly will be closed from 24 December until 8 January.

Swiss-based investment firm Partners Group has exited the Australian wind market, selling its stake in a 242-megawatt wind farm in Victoria to Spanish energy company Iberdrola.

Ashurst has nabbed a partner from Norton Rose Fulbright to join its global projects and energy transition team.

Super trustee Netwealth has agreed to return over $100 million to members who invested their retirement savings in the First Guardian Master Fund, in the latest action by the corporate regulator over the failed fund.