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Four ex-WiseTech directors, including the former chairman, have been hauled into the offices of Australia’s corporate cop for compulsory interviews as part of the review into the governance bonfire inside Richard White’s software company.

Westpac faces a $20m fine after its defunct arm, RAMS, agreed in court that it allowed unlicensed lenders to approve home loans to customers who may have struggled to pay the money back.

The details of Heloise Pratt’s settlement with ex-husband and billionaire Alex Waislitz will not be disclosed to Venus Behbahani in her court fight for a Toorak townhouse that she alleges was promised to her.

Two property managers with equity in a franchised branch of Victorian real estate group Buxton allege in separate Fair Work actions they were illegally sacked a few months apart over flexible work arrangements, and are seeking compensation.

A couple who own a small fuel stop in the northwest of Tasmania are being forced to defend a $150,000 lawsuit launched against them by United Petroleum.

Australian technology firm Employment Hero and ASX recruitment giant Seek fell-out after a proposed joint venture overwhelmingly favouring Seek collapsed, court documents revealed.

The competition regulator has dropped its inquiries into an independent fuel retailer founded by two of Australia’s richest men.

The next wave of shareholder class actions in Australia is likely to follow a US trend and come from investors taking on companies that have misled the market about their use of artificial intelligence, industry experts say.

Construction industry legend Wal King and other former and current directors of listed miner TerraCom have been cleared of allegations they misled the market about a whistleblower’s claims the company was rigging coal quality results.

Private health insurer Bupa has agreed to pay a $35m fine after conceding it engaged in misleading and unconscionable conduct. 

‘We will be putting him to sleep’: TerraCom’s six-year whistleblower nightmare

Construction industry legend Wal King has told a court he “forensically” read a report about rigged coal quality results at TerraCom just a few days ago, five years after he and other directors authorised public statements that exonerated the company of wrongdoing.

A secret PwC report into allegedly rigged coal sold by TerraCom found 12 out of 14 shipments sampled had “inconsistencies” in the coal’s quality, a Federal Court heard, and two of its top executives dismissed the concerns of a Korean utility customer as “BS”.

Australia’s biggest beauty business Mecca has reported record annual revenue of $1.2bn in 2023, elevating it to the ranks of the market’s billion-dollar turnover businesses.

Queenslander Tom Peever, described as a mining magnate, and his wife Kirsten Peever, have had a dream life.

Why lawyers are ditching billable hours, diversity programs

One of Australia’s biggest law firms says it will “responsibly” push the use of generative artificial intelligence to its limits as the country’s heavy hitting legal players reveal they are all leaning into the technology that is now infiltrating modern practice.

A UK-based executive of listed Australian company TechnologyOne has reportedly quit after a “row” with the firm’s Brisbane-based chief operating officer.

Suspicions of a clandestine personal relationship between Super Retail Group chief executive Anthony Heraghty and human resources boss Jane Kelly allegedly arose five years ago, according to new court documents that claim his wife was aware of the disputed affair.

The founder of Mecca, Jo Horgan, said being a private company is one of the best advantages available to a business, countering persistent speculation that the entrepreneur is open to an exit from one of Australia’s best retailers.