The state government’s vigorous pursuit of workplace safety breaches has suffered a set back after the Supreme Court overturned last year’s biggest conviction.
Australian financial markets firms continue to be resilient amid an evolving cyber threat environment but have fallen short of improvement targets, ASIC has revealed.
Structural Monitoring Systems has been forced to pay $481,190 in royalties to a private company over a dispute regarding a technology designed to detect structural weakness in aircraft.
Industrial Construction Services has been hit with a $320,000 fine, almost five years after a teenage worker fell 12 metres to his death at the General Post Office building in Forrest Place.
The owners of former Highgate restaurant Starfish Bar are on the grill for more than $1.6 million, three years after allegedly falling behind on rent and being forced to close.
The ASX will have to strengthen its governance following ASIC’s investigation into a major trading outage that forced the exchange to shut down for a day in November last year.
Former AMP financial adviser David Fong and his financial planning company have been charged with engaging in dishonest conduct following an investigation by the corruption watchdog.
Salini Australia has been hit with a $200,000 fine after an explosion at the Forrestfield Airport Link project in 2018 left an employee with a traumatic brain injury and facial fractures.
Osborne Park-based Decmil Group is chasing Avid Australia for more than $1.3 million it claims it’s owed for works at Rio Tinto’s Mesa mines, just one week after Avid's subsidiary went bust.
Big Start Capital, headed by the son of Attorney General John Quigley, is suing the state government for damages for allegedly breaching a personal protective equipment supply deal.
Crown’s new chief of compliance has raised concerns about the competence of people previously running its Burswood casino, as the Perth Casino Royal Commission draws to a close.
ASIC has defended its handling of concerns raised ahead of the Sterling First collapse, while confirming the company’s conduct could warrant criminal charges.
Nex Metals Explorations is taking legal action against joint venture partner Metalicity over two gold projects in the Eastern Goldfields and a subsequent hostile takeover attempt.
US-based shortseller J Capital and its co-founder will remain barred from sharing its scathing report on Vulcan Energy, as lawyers push to keep parts of the action out of the media.
Prominent businessman Nev Power won't have to face court over his alleged breaches of the state’s COVID-19 travel restrictions for another month after being granted an adjournment.
The former chief of financial advisory firm PMM Group is facing another lawsuit from an investor, taking the total of the claims against him to more than $2 million.
The former chief of the South West Aboriginal Land and Sea Council is pursuing the native title body and its chair for damages over allegedly defamatory comments he claims it published last year.
A site supervisor has been hit with a $10,000 fine over an incident in which a young worker sustained serious injuries after being pinned by a steel plate and several limestone blocks in 2018.
Mining contractor Macmahon Holdings has conceded its approach to tackling sexual misconduct had been reactive before the inquiry into sexual harassment in the industry.
Liquidators for land developer GH1 are pursuing former director Tina Bazzo on four fronts to take back shares and properties allegedly transferred to various entities in her control before its collapse.
