The biggest player in Australia’s litigation funding market has supported new licensing rules proposed by the federal government while also pushing for the new requirements to be extended to law firms.
The state government has unveiled reform packages designed to improve procurement processes and environmental approvals, with the latter seen as an important step towards a keenly awaited bilateral approvals plan with the federal government.
UPDATED: The state government has called an “urgent” summit of farm leaders to discuss workplace safety, at a time when a broad coalition of industry groups have been pushing to halt controversial changes planned to its Work Health and Safety legislation.
Former BAC Group managing director Mark Armstrong has been charged with making a misleading statement to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, and ex-Stellar Corporate Solutions director Craig Dale will face court on charges of avoiding anti-money laundering reporting requirements.
Two court rulings this month have paved the way for the continued investigation of property developers Allen Caratti and Tina Bazzo, who are being pursued by the Australian Tax Office, the Federal Police, and liquidators.
The City of Armadale has been hit with one of the largest fines imposed for a workplace safety breach in Western Australia, after state government agency WorkSafe appealed the penalty initially imposed over a 2014 incident.
Kelmscott-based adviser Anthony Hilsley has been banned from providing financial services for four years, while real estate sales representative James Mitsopoulous has been banned from working in the industry for 10 years.
Keith Bowker, who was previously banned six years from providing financial services, has received a reduced ban of two years after appealing the ASIC decision to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal.
Property analyst Mark Goldenberg has been permanently banned from engaging in any credit activities, after he was found operating an illegal early access to superannuation scheme in Perth.
The Ewaste Watch Institute’s John Gertsakis says there are several issues with the National Television and Computer Recycling Scheme that need to be resolved to improve the sector.
Attorney-General Christian Porter has sent a warning to corporate Australia after Coles became the latest major company embroiled in an underpayment scandal.
Australia’s consumer watchdog has raised concerns over the proposed acquisition of mortgage aggregator Connective by Perth-based Australian Finance Group, as the merged group will have nearly 40 per cent market share.
Electricity provider Horizon Power has been fined $40,000 for incorrect work in Kununurra, causing a fire and telecommunications equipment at various properties to become potentially unsafe.
Andrew Young, the former director and founder of collapsed whitegoods distributor Kleenmaid, has been found guilty today on 19 charges involving fraud and insolvent trading.
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has banned Wayne Blazejczyk from providing financial services for five years, saying the Perth adviser had failed to meet best interest obligati
The corporate regulator is seeking to wind-up an alleged unregistered managed investment scheme run by Mt Hawthorn resident Chris Marco, who received about $240 million from 132 investors.
P&N Bank and Bendigo and Adelaide Bank are among 27 lenders, including just two of the big four banks, now eligible to offer mortgages under the federal government’s first home loan deposit scheme, aimed at low and middle income earners.
The corporate regulator has started court action against Sydney-based company Theta Asset Management and its director Robert Marie over Theta's role as responsible entity for one of the main businesses in the collapsed Sterling First property group.
The City of Stirling has streamlined the approvals processes and cut red tape for small businesses in the area, as part of the Small Business Friendly Approvals Project.
A former building director and his Mount Hawthorn business, Turquoise Developments, has been fined a total $40,000 in the State Administrative Tribunal for threatening behaviour.
The Environmental Protection Authority has released a new draft greenhouse gas emissions guideline, which substantially softens the initial draft guideline announced earlier this year.
Iris Residential is preparing to launch a $130 million apartment project overlooking Claremont oval after the State Administrative Tribunal overturned objections raised by the development assessment panel and the local council.
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has disqualified the founder and chief executive of labour hire company Ochre Workforce Solutions from managing companies for five years.
The Australian Securities and Investment Commission announced today it has banned Element Finance Group director Tim Zheng from engaging in credit activities for at least three years.
Building surveying company Resolve Group and its two directors have been fined a total $35,000 for negligence after signing off on three buildings that failed to meet fire safety requirements.
The Supreme Court has rejected the final bid from Perth mining executive Derek Ammon to have the Raffles Hotel bar closed at night over noise complaints.
Hanssen has been fined $47,500, after a tilt-up panel fell from a Finbar Group development onto parked cars, with the construction work being supervised by someone without adequate qualifications.
The state government has banned 11 contractors for up to five years each, as a result of the Corruption and Crime Commission’s (CCC) investigation into the North Metropolitan Health Service.
Venus Metals Corporation has commenced proceedings in the Supreme Court of Western Australia against Davide Bosio, Paul Adams, DJ Carmichael and Spectrum Metals, in relation to Spectrum’s acquisition of the Penny West gold project.
