US regulators have charged three Austal USA executives for their roles in an alleged fraudulent accounting scheme, six months after the shipbuilder settled with ASIC over similar breaches.
A Perth concreting business and its director previously flagged by regulators have been ordered to fork out $50,000 in fines and compensation over a raft of building offences.
Magnetite miner Karara Mining has been slapped with a $120,000 fine and told to pay $7,459 in costs over a crushing incident that left an employee with a permanent hand injury.
The Greens will back Labor's safeguard mechanism laws after a deal was struck, creating new hurdles for oil and gas projects but helping manufacturers.
Sydney-based Tellus Holdings has been given the green light to operate what it says is Australia’s first commercial hazardous waste repository, 240 kilometres north-west of Kalgoorlie.
A Corruption and Crime Commission investigation has found there was no serious misconduct involved in the death certification process of a man who died at Rockingham General Hospital last year.
Sierra Rutile could be more than $6 million out of pocket after unsuccessful attempts to appeal a 2021 Sierra Leone High Court decision that found the ASX-lister allegedly damaged logistics equipment.
Perth Mint chief executive Jason Waters has admitted that at least ‘some’ parts of the gold sold to the Shanghai Gold Exchange breached specifications, in response to the latest scandal facing the organisation.
Rio Tinto has agreed to pay a $US15 million ($A21.5 million) penalty to settle a long-running dispute over alleged bribery relating to the Simandou iron ore project in Africa.
The state’s water regulator has told Alcoa to clean out a pipeline running near a drinking water dam in Waroona after finding the pipe likely to contain contaminated water and pose a pollution threat.
Australia’s consumer protection body is clamping down on ‘greenwashing’ after discovering more than 50 per cent of businesses made misleading claims about their environmental credentials.
It might seem ambitious for a new business to promise to build homes for 84 customers. But that’s exactly what one salesperson did in a single month in 2020.
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission is suing corporate super fund Mercer Superannuation in the watchdog’s first legal action against alleged greenwashing.
Western Australian Gaming and Wagering Commission has appointed Michael Schaper as its new chair, announced by Racing and Gaming Minister Reece Whitby this morning.
Swift Networks Group has told the market that it is cooperating with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission regarding an investigation into an alleged tendering cartel.
Australia’s consumer watchdog has launched legal action against a subsidiary of ASX-listed Swift Networks for alleged bid rigging and price fixing when tendering to WA mine sites.
Information technology company GetSwift has been slapped with a $15 million fine, the largest penalty ordered against a company for breaching continuous disclosure laws.
A former managing director of Legacy Iron Ore has been sentenced to three years' imprisonment over allegations of stealing more than $725,000 from the exploration company.
A Woodlands man has been sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment, but will be released on a two-year good behaviour bond, for conspiring to pump up the price of Quantum Resources shares.
Aquaculture company Seafarms Group has been told to pay $13.9 million to construction company Canstruct over disputes with its proposed Project Sea Dragon facility.
The director of a solar energy business that was based in WA for five years has been ordered to repay $48,000 for falsely claiming to have installed 11 solar systems.
Australian business leaders have increased their investments in sustainability ahead of potential tighter climate change targets, a Deloitte report reveals.
Aspiring Perth-based oil and gas company Black Mountain Energy has been fined almost $40,000 for "greenwashing" its sustainability statements on the stock market.
TPG and Telstra will appeal after the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission declined to approve their proposed $1.8 billion network-sharing deal.
