Regulation

Telstra failed to provide consumers with the opportunity to keep their existing local phone number when changing telcos, copping a $1.5 million fine.

Three people have narrowly avoided jail and have been slapped with $97,000 in fines after being found guilty of illegally exporting $3 million worth of sandalwood.

Further charges have been brought against Perth-based financial adviser Rahul Goel, including counts of dishonest conduct and false certification of documents.

Experienced lawyer Joe Longo, whose past clients range from fallen 1980's entrepreneurs to global banks, has been appointed chair of the corporate watchdog.

Australia Post's directors have railed against claims privatising parcel deliveries was considered as pressure increases for the entire board to be sacked.

Mining executive Shankar Madan is suing billionaire Clive Palmer and his company Mineralogy for about $10 million in royalties, after allegedly helping it acquire the Sino Iron tenements 35 years ago.

The head of national financial advocacy group Women in Super has called on the federal government to reinstate the gender budget statement.

The Perth Casino Royal Commission chair has urged the parties involved to be respectful, courteous and to act with integrity as the commission held its second hearing today.

The corporate watchdog says its investigations following the banking royal commission have so far resulted in $77.65 million in penalties.

A Henderson-based specialist pipeline testing company, now in liquidation, has launched legal action over $2.6 million in loans it claims are outstanding.

A royal commission into Crown Perth will examine whether Western Australia's decades-old gambling legislation remains fit for purpose.

A contentious limestone quarry proposal in the state's South West has reached the EPA after being referred by the state's Conservation Council.

The liquidators of Brierty have launched Supreme Court action to recover millions of dollars from 12 companies they claim received payments while the civil and mining contractor was insolvent.

Perth businessman John Gillett is suing his former aged care company CraigCare Group over alleged breaches of a consultancy agreement he claims cost him more than $3.4 million.

Politicians and judges will be subject to the same sexual harassment laws as the wider population under major workplace reforms.

The state's environmental regulator has ordered mining giant BHP to file a site management by the end of the month following the detection of chemicals in the soil and groundwater of its Newman iron ore mine.

South Australian marine construction company Maritime Constructions has launched legal action against Onslow Marine Support Base over an alleged contract breach.

Perth-based exploration company Australian Vanadium is progressing its $522 million vanadium mine plan, referring the proposal to the EPA.

Embattled residential construction company Mener Group has launched legal action against its former directors in a bid to recover the $1.27 million it owes its creditors.

Casino giant Crown has admitted it could have underpaid more than 200 workers around $2 million as part of an ongoing wage theft investigation.

An Esperance shed-building company and its director could face fines of up to $3.2 million and jail time over the death of a 25-year-old employee last year.

An extradition hearing for Perth-based tech millionaire Eugeni Tsvetnenko has been postponed for the third time in 18 months.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has been urged to press on with its investigation into Holden's conduct in the lead-up to the closure of the car brand in Australia.

A Queensland-based aluminium distributor may have found itself in hot water after allegedly supplying a WA boat manufacturer with the wrong aluminium.

Seashell supplier L'Haridon Bight Mining has been fined $20,000 over an injury that left one of its workers with fractures, lacerations and burns.

Attorney-General Christian Porter won't look after Federal Court matters when he returns from mental health leave, due to his defamation action against the ABC.

Ahead of the royal commission into Crown Perth we look at the changing cast of directors overseeing its WA operations.

Gold producer Northern Star Resources has been given a $150,000 fine over a vehicle collision at its Kalgoorlie mine in 2017.

State government inspectors spent the day at Alcoa's Wagerup Alumina Refinery as part of an investigation into a spill of alkaline processing liquid.

Embattled Chinese mining company Tianqi Lithium has appealed a court order that it repay a $38.8 million debt to Perth-based engineering consultancy MSP Engineering.

The federal government has moved to protect car dealers from the power of global manufacturers by increasing fines under the Franchising Code to as much as $10 million.

Financial regulator APRA has closed its investigation into Westpac's breaches of anti-money laundering and terror financing laws, but says it will make sure the bank improves its operations.