Regulation

A proposal to clear more than 600 hectares of native vegetation to make way for an expansion at Fortescue’s new iron ore mine will be scrutinised by the state’s environmental watchdog.

WA-based companies Vivian Plumbing and Civil, and Badge Constructions have been fined a total of $720,000, after a worker drowned at a Mosman Park site.

A Kununurra hydraulic repair company and its sole director will be forced to pay $435,000 over a forklift incident that left a teenage worker with life-threatening injuries.

Australia’s corporate regulator has launched legal proceedings against 11 directors and officers of The Star Entertainment Group and again defended not taking similar action against Crown Resorts.

Perth-based PT Supplies Group has been fined over $240,000 after a teenage worker’s fingers were severed by forklift chains.

Longer opening hours and fewer trading restrictions on key public holidays could be on the way for Perth’s small bars.

Former Quintis director Graeme Scott has had an early victory in his defamation battle with several of the company's most senior executives, with the Supreme Court ruling there should be no restriction on his access to one of the documents at the centre of the case.

Western Power will have $18.5 million docked from its revenue by the Economic Regulation Authority for falling below service standard targets.

Western Power has been fined $66,000 after an employee suffered severe electrical burns working on high-voltage overhead power lines two years ago.

Two companies have been fined $800,000 and ordered to pay costs over the death of a worker at a Welshpool factory.

A warrant has been issued for former WA senator Rod Culleton after he failed to appear on charges of giving false information to federal election officials.

Rio Tinto’s Dampier Salt has been hit with a $20,000 fine after a worker was injured when his head became trapped between an elevated working platform and a salt stacker.

The liquidators of Brierty have been given the all-clear to pursue $8.7 million in alleged preferential payments made before the contractor’s 2017 collapse.

Perth company Austal has accepted it breached its continuous disclosure obligations and agreed to pay a financial penalty as part of a settlement with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission.

The Perth Mint is facing an investigation into whether it has complied with anti-money laundering laws.

Former dealmaker Peter Landau has pleaded guilty to theft, forgery and providing false documents to the corporate watchdog during his time at two failed exploration companies.

Qantas' $614 million takeover of resources sector charter flights provider Alliance Airlines could be heading into turbulence.

ASIC chair Joe Longo has expressed his concern regarding the number of retail investors putting their money into ‘unregulated, volatile’ crypto-assets after new research revealed its popularity with less experienced investors.

Former Blue Star Helium chief James Cruickshank has lost an 11th-hour bid to rid himself of an ASIC ban and $40,000 fine for failing to share asset sale details with investors.

Inglewood-based investor Don Evans has pleaded guilty to conspiring to manipulate the share price of Victoria-based explorer Quantum Resources in 2015.

Qube has vowed to defend a $15.5 million lawsuit it’s facing at the hands of the maritime union over claims it unlawfully docked the wages of up to 1,000 stevedores.

Property and construction groups say the state government’s new regulations to register building engineers are a welcome step, but more could be done.

Western Australia’s oldest coal company Griffin Coal has been ordered to pay $4,000 for failing to lodge annual financial reports from 2018 to 2021.

A recent report found Australian businesses reported a combined loss of close to $2 billion to scammers, with investment scams topping the list.

An extraordinary case involving Perth lawyers working for a foreign client but not travelling illustrates a shift in how law is practised.

The Law Society of WA has welcomed the commencement today of uniform law reforms, saying the changes will deliver benefits for both the profession and consumers.

WorkSafe has highlighted a Bayswater company’s “long history of flouting workplace safety laws” after its managing director was fined over workplace safety charges.

Rio Tinto’s subsidiary Hamersley Iron and Golden Grove Operations have been fined a total of $110,500 for mining incidents, including a worker death.

An independent expert will review department protocols in responding to sexual harassment and assault in the mining industry.

A probe into failed firm Titan Interactive has been given access to list of prominent business figures it approached to acquire capital, including Multiplex heir Andrew Roberts and millionaire John Poynton.

A male worker has died at a salt refinery in North Coogee this morning.

The Federal Court has cleared the way for private equity giant Blackstone Group to take over the troubled Crown Resorts business, the last major hurdle for the $8.9 billion acquisition to go ahead.