The founder and two associates of the Sterling Income Trust are facing criminal charges over the collapsed property investment and management group’s schemes.
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has found "significant weaknesses" in RAC’s governance and added $20 million to the insurance company’s capital requirement.
The federal government committee looking into proposed industrial relations reform has been warned of Australian “productivity anaemia”, while a major miner vocalised concerns.
Australia’s second largest specialty pet retailer Petstock is proposing to divest 11 of its Western Australian assets to squash market competition concerns raised by the regulator.
Former Perth Glory owner Tony Sage has failed in his bid to access documents he claimed was used by the Australian Taxation Office for an audit that led to penalty assessments.
Popular ticketing platform Ticketek has been handed a $515,000 infringement notice after breaking spam laws by sending thousands of unauthorised texts and emails.
A South West electrician has been ordered to pay $11,000 after the industry watchdog found its “dangerous installation” could have caused a hydrogen explosion.
A proposed electric vehicle road user charge in WA is likely to be powered down after the High Court of Australia found a Victorian equivalent of the tax to be unconstitutional.
Perth builder Opus Homes has been ordered to pay more than half a million dollars in compensation to one of its customers over a building services dispute escalated to the State Administrative Tribunal.
Fletcher Building says the mass failure of plumbing pipes it manufactured are confined to the Perth market and asserted the problem lies with defective installation.
Perth businessman Dean Scook is facing charges of stealing as an officer of a company after the corporate watchdog alleged he stole more than $675,000 of funds.
The corporate watchdog has issued fines totaling more than $700,000, within six months, against companies that failed to comply with financial reporting requirements.
Meriton Group Western Australia, an entity using a name similar to real estate billionaire Harry Triguboff’s company, will be wound up in insolvency following a federal court ruling.
Collapsed residential builder Babylon Homes and Construction has been fined $23,000 after it carried out work without a permit, supervisor or home indemnity insurance.
An electrical contractor has been fined $50,000 after failing to install safety devices when upgrading switchboards at three homes occupied by miners in the Pilbara.