A subsidiary of gold miner Westgold Resources has been fined for the second time in 16 months over workplace safety incidents, with the latest fine being one of the largest ever handed down.
An enforceable undertaking placed on The Perth Mint after it failed to comply with anti-money laundering rules has been concluded by the federal government’s financial regulator.
The Bennett family-run AMB Consolidated will face charges over a worker’s fall at a private farm north-east of Perth, an incident which a contractor has been fined $750,000 for.
Synergy has been slapped with a compliance notice after the state-owned gas and electricity provider reported overcharging almost $2.3 million to thousands of customers.
A funeral fund which scammed thousands of dollars from vulnerable Indigenous people has been handed further fines, after it was found to be misrepresenting its Aboriginal-owned status.
The state government will expedite the takeover of City of Nedlands with three commissioners to be sent in and the council to be disbanded in the aftermath of a mass exit.
The Federal Court of Australia has dismissed the corporate watchdog’s action against thermal coal company TerraCom and its staff including former chair Wal King.
The building commissioner is set to receive a broader suite of powers under new laws flagged by the state government amid a review of the contracts legislation.
The corporate watchdog has cancelled the licence for Perth financial services provider Ballast, a firm which has been involved in regulatory disputes for years.
Western Australian auditor general has found significant weaknesses in the state’s public pathology provider, which stores nearly 14 million medical test results conducted in 2023-24.
Kimberley Quarry was fined $160,000 over a workplace incident that led to a machine operator and an employee falling more than three metres, causing spinal fracture and internal bleeding.
Aerison has secured a win over a subpoena in its legal dispute with rival engineering firm Innovent, which includes allegations on contracts with Fortescue, Fluor and Talison.
Australia’s corporate watchdog has appointed a high-profile panel to investigate the ASX following outages, compliance breaches and a failed blockchain upgrade.
The environmental watchdog has backed Rio Tinto’s expansion of its West Angelas iron ore operation but with conditions to mitigate impacts on Karijini National Park.
A former Modco Residential director has acknowledged and deeply regretted the stress caused to the collapsed builder's customers, a tribunal decision shows.
ASIC chair Joe Longo says surveillance in the private credit space has already uncovered “grubby behaviour” as he takes a closer look at the private markets.
The state’s industrial relations commission has increased the minimum wage, a decision that will impact more than 300,000 workers in Western Australia.
The national anti-corruption body has cleared the Commonwealth’s $2.4 million payment to Brittany Higgins, following an investigation on alleged corrupt conduct into the settlement.
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The City of Vincent has followed the City of Perth in banning the hiring of e-scooters in order to conduct a review of the service following the fatality last weekend.
