Regulation

Crown Perth boss Lonnie Bossi has stepped down after almost three decades with the embattled casino business, just months after fronting the royal commission.

BHP has been fined $125,000 after a contractor was struck in the neck by a metal shard during maintenance work at Whaleback iron ore mine in September 2017.

The Supreme Court has ordered the sale of a multi-million dollar property in Bentley after a two-decade partnership between two Perth businessmen soured.

Belmont-based recruitment business The GO2 People may have to pay more than $3.1 million to the Australian Taxation Office after failing to pay superannuation on time.

Established WA funeral services provider Bowra & O’Dea has been fined by the ACCC for allegedly failing to disclose hidden cremation and burial fees to customers.

Fairfax Media has been ordered to pay Power Ledger co-founder Jemma Green $400,000 in damages over articles alleging she misled investors.

Neerabup explorer Orbit Drilling and Bayswater engineering company B&Y Precision Engineering have been fined a combined $456,000 for a workplace death and injury by the state's workplace regulator.

NAB chairman Philip Chronican has assured investors he is yet to learn of any fines from a financial crimes regulator investigating money laundering.

UPDATE: The Department of Water and Environmental Regulation has found ‘substantial commencement’ on Vimy Resources’ Mulga Rock project has occurred.

James Cruickshank has been banned from managing companies for four years, after the former Blue Star Helium boss was found to have breached ASX disclosure laws.

The ACCC will not oppose Woodside’s plan to acquire BHP petroleum assets, clearing the way for two of WA’s largest natural gas suppliers to merge.

The state government has delayed implementation of its contentious Work Health and Safety Act 2020 to give itself more time to complete the necessary regulations.

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.

The federal government will appoint Gina Cass-Gottlieb as the ACCC's first female head, replacing outgoing chairman Rod Sims.

Online retailer Booktopia is being taken to court after refusing to offer refunds to consumers who received faulty or incorrect items.

The consumer watchdog says the average Australian mobile user is paying more for data they simply do not use.

ANZ Bank has agreed to a $25 million fine for failing to give customers their entitled benefits such as rate discounts across about 580,447 accounts.

Australia's competition regulator says it will not oppose Seven West Media's proposed acquisition of regional operator Prime Media.

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.

The corporate regulator has taken the unprecedented step of launching multiple legal actions at once against one of Australia's big four banks.

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.

Former asbestos removalist boss David Scofield has been banned from managing operations for five years, after four of his companies went bust in 2020.

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.

Kwik Haul is suing Pilbara Resource Group for damages over an alleged breach of its service agreement.

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.

Western Australian bureaucrat Paul Whyte has been sentenced to 12 years in prison after stealing more than $27 million in public funds.

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.