Meriton Group Western Australia, an entity using a name similar to real estate billionaire Harry Triguboff’s company, will be wound up in insolvency following a federal court ruling.
Collapsed residential builder Babylon Homes and Construction has been fined $23,000 after it carried out work without a permit, supervisor or home indemnity insurance.
An electrical contractor has been fined $50,000 after failing to install safety devices when upgrading switchboards at three homes occupied by miners in the Pilbara.
The financial services regulator alleges AustralianSuper charged members the same set of fees multiple times and failed to consolidate duplicate accounts.
The Federal Government has lauded its planned industrial relations changes as world-leading, but new details of the proposed reform have been slammed by leading business groups.
Western Australia’s chief justice has lambasted the quarrel over legal costs in a court dispute between Peter Hood and Tom Henderson-backed MAK Water and its former staff.
The state government’s Building and Energy department has released its findings from an investigation over pipe leaks across Perth homes, with the results welcomed by builder BGC.
A collapsed father and son building company has been hit with a $25,000 fine for carrying out unauthorised work and demanding premature payments for work on four Perth properties.
A former director of a demolition company has been convicted in court, being disqualified from acting in the management of corporations for five years.
BHP-owned Oz Minerals has agreed to pay $9.3 million in fines after self-reporting employees bribed foreign officials to obtain mining rights in Cambodia.
Australia’s financial investigations watchdog has remained tight-lipped about the decision to investigate Perth Mint during a federal hearing into its probe of the scandal-plagued organisation
Shark Bay seashell miner L’Haridon Bight Mining has been ordered to pay an increased $48,000 fine after WorkSafe successfully appealed the original sentence over a workplace injury.
Australia’s corporate regulator laid 125 criminal charges and 19 individuals have been disqualified or removed from directing companies in the first half of 2023.
WA’s resources sector has been put on notice mandates will be on the cards should the industry fail to crack down on workplace behaviour through guidelines and best practice measures introduced in the wake of a damning FIFO sexual harassment probe.
Two WA building contractors have been fined over falsifying home indemnity insurance certificates in building applications for projects in Karrinyup and Hazelmere.
Peter Hood and Tom Henderson-backed company MAK Water has been caught up in legal proceedings against its former employees, over allegations of breaching commercial information.
Firms pushing dodgy consumer contracts have been put on notice with tough new penalties which will see them on the hook for at least $50 million for misleading or unfair behaviour.
Two subsidiaries of Facebook owner Meta have been fined $20 million for collecting user data through a privacy-focused app without proper disclosure information would be used for market research.
A federal court judge has determined Crown Resorts is to pay the $450 million penalty put forward by AUSTRAC and the casino operator for its raft of breaches of Australia’s anti-money laundering laws.
A shed and patio business affiliated with former West Coast Eagles player Andrew Donnelly has attracted 60 complaints from customers since March 2022, according to Consumer Protection.
Collapsed builder Firm Construction has been fined $600,000 over serious injuries suffered by two workers during the building collapse at the Hotel Rottnest redevelopment in 2020.
The financial services regulator has fined BNK Banking Corporation $247,500 after the Perth-based digital bank breached its data reporting obligations.
