Australia’s High Court Halts Mount Pleasant Coal Expansion
A divided High Court upheld the invalidation of a New South Wales mine expansion because its approval did not properly address overseas emissions.
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Australia Opens Counterterrorism Inquiry Into Flydubai Co-Pilot
Australian authorities are examining the local connections of the flydubai co-pilot accused in a cockpit attack.
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Australian Court Reshapes Pint Club Creditor Deal
The Federal Court held that insolvency law allowed it to bind old and new creditors to an amended deed.
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Australian Court Rejects Cleaning Sham-Contracting Case
The Federal Court dismissed the regulator’s case after finding the company was not the entity that engaged the cleaners.
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ASIC Extends Client-Money Relief Until 2031
Australia’s corporate regulator has preserved rules allowing licensed financial firms to place client money in registered cash common funds.
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Australia Ends Card-Payment Surcharges Nationwide
Businesses may no longer add payment-method surcharges to major credit, debit and prepaid cards.
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IAG Settles Credit Suisse’s A$2.8 Billion Greensill Insurance Claim
Insurance Australia Group has settled Credit Suisse’s A$2.8 billion claim over insurance policies linked to the collapse of Greensill Capital, removing one of the largest remaining pieces of litigation from the supply-chain financier’s failure.…
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Australian Senate Calls AI Chiefs Over Health-System Breach
Australia’s Senate inquiry into artificial intelligence has asked the chief executives of OpenAI and Anthropic to appear at a public hearing, extending parliamentary scrutiny of an AI agent that accessed federal government systems, including…
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Victoria Opens Royal Commission Into Infrastructure Corruption
Victoria’s royal commission into alleged corruption and criminal influence on major public construction projects has opened its public work, beginning an inquiry with powers to compel witnesses, obtain documents and examine whether taxpayer money…
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Australia Rejects US Warning Over Online Safety Duty
Australia’s government is pressing ahead with a proposed digital duty of care for online platforms after the United States warned that the plan could encourage censorship of speech protected under American law. The U.S.…
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